diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2d9992a696678e3702199bb737e3bd6247bb4165..79f983b4c69b5b8692d172e79228f85539593888 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 	invalidate_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (sbi->journal_bdev && sbi->journal_bdev != sb->s_bdev) {
+	if (sbi->journal_bdev) {
 		sync_blockdev(sbi->journal_bdev);
 		ext4_blkdev_remove(sbi);
 	}