diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 74484e6964052394bc9e3381c6ddd010f050d7fb..eb154ef36c2a4b708004ff08660f2a7ebe971fa7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ errors=remount-ro(*)	Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
 errors=continue		Keep going on a filesystem error.
 errors=panic		Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
 
+data_err=ignore(*)	Just print an error message if an error occurs
+			in a file data buffer in ordered mode.
+data_err=abort		Abort the journal if an error occurs in a file
+			data buffer in ordered mode.
+
 grpid			Give objects the same group ID as their creator.
 bsdgroups
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index f46a513a515732c39d437f0e85ddc55549b209f2..6690a41cdd9fc8ca6536d3a6077222e65830a834 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ do {									       \
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT	0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_I_VERSION            0x2000000 /* i_version support */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC		0x8000000 /* Delalloc support */
+#define EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_ERR_ABORT	0x10000000 /* Abort on file data write */
+
 /* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext4_fs.h included at once */
 #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
 #define clear_opt(o, opt)		o &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_##opt
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 79bd3989e84f9a4bd58fcf670109928babf89a29..014677b8e2249a99551fcd6d451ca5d67d8339da 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",inode_readahead_blks=%u",
 			   sbi->s_inode_readahead_blks);
 
+	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
+		seq_puts(seq, ",data_err=abort");
+
 	ext4_show_quota_options(seq, sb);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -907,6 +910,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev,
 	Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
 	Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
+	Opt_data_err_abort, Opt_data_err_ignore,
 	Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
 	Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota,
 	Opt_ignore, Opt_barrier, Opt_err, Opt_resize, Opt_usrquota,
@@ -953,6 +957,8 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"},
 	{Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"},
 	{Opt_data_writeback, "data=writeback"},
+	{Opt_data_err_abort, "data_err=abort"},
+	{Opt_data_err_ignore, "data_err=ignore"},
 	{Opt_offusrjquota, "usrjquota="},
 	{Opt_usrjquota, "usrjquota=%s"},
 	{Opt_offgrpjquota, "grpjquota="},
@@ -1187,6 +1193,12 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
 				sbi->s_mount_opt |= data_opt;
 			}
 			break;
+		case Opt_data_err_abort:
+			set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DATA_ERR_ABORT);
+			break;
+		case Opt_data_err_ignore:
+			clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DATA_ERR_ABORT);
+			break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 		case Opt_usrjquota:
 			qtype = USRQUOTA;
@@ -2535,6 +2547,10 @@ static void ext4_init_journal_params(struct super_block *sb, journal_t *journal)
 		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_BARRIER;
 	else
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
+	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
+		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR;
+	else
+		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR;
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 849f10496cea15992df355d79a8bdf6ada3c9a76..0abe02c4242aa82d28aeef435a8f459a4ec729f5 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -684,6 +684,8 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 			"JBD2: Detected IO errors while flushing file data "
 		       "on %s\n", journal->j_devname);
+		if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR)
+			jbd2_journal_abort(journal, err);
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index c9e7d781db3196e593ec92273894c9ef0d5b0eee..d2e91ea998fd44b945cb8337cbc0934967b774f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@ struct journal_s
 #define JBD2_FLUSHED	0x008	/* The journal superblock has been flushed */
 #define JBD2_LOADED	0x010	/* The journal superblock has been loaded */
 #define JBD2_BARRIER	0x020	/* Use IDE barriers */
+#define JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR	0x040	/* Abort the journal on file
+						 * data write error in ordered
+						 * mode */
 
 /*
  * Function declarations for the journaling transaction and buffer