diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 96792a06fd8da7ae44e2c86a7c0ab8bb3c1d8425..ffac35e66bd978dcb7cc9c2c8e0fca2c4ac45e3d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5778,11 +5778,13 @@ static int ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
 		errstr = ext4_decode_error(sb, j_errno, nbuf);
 		ext4_warning(sb, "Filesystem error recorded "
 			     "from previous mount: %s", errstr);
-		ext4_warning(sb, "Marking fs in need of filesystem check.");
 
 		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 		es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_ERROR_FS);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb);
+		j_errno = ext4_commit_super(sb);
+		if (j_errno)
+			return j_errno;
+		ext4_warning(sb, "Marked fs in need of filesystem check.");
 
 		jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal);
 		jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal);