diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index b2e876bf0decfb77a0b887616f6291b37d289718..4587fba7de7bfd75b1192898fd4532e2ec07e586 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #define NL_EXT4_ERROR_GROUP    1
+
+#define EXT3_ERROR_MAGIC       0xAE43125U
 #define EXT4_ERROR_MAGIC       0xAE32014U
+
 struct ext4_err_msg {
 	int magic;
 	char s_id[32];
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 1a0d494e57ae0ff68f08a188542bfade8b132c11..9becf3e2e20af1a68f3e612071ddb34fc37e8147 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static void ext4_netlink_send_info(struct super_block *sb, int ext4_errno)
 	struct ext4_err_msg *msg;
 
 	if (ext4nl) {
+		if (IS_EXT2_SB(sb))
+			return;
 		size = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ext4_err_msg));
 		skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!skb) {
@@ -466,7 +468,10 @@ static void ext4_netlink_send_info(struct super_block *sb, int ext4_errno)
 		if (!nlh)
 			goto nlmsg_failure;
 		msg = (struct ext4_err_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
-		msg->magic = EXT4_ERROR_MAGIC;
+		if (IS_EXT3_SB(sb))
+			msg->magic = EXT3_ERROR_MAGIC;
+		else
+			msg->magic = EXT4_ERROR_MAGIC;
 		memcpy(msg->s_id, sb->s_id, sizeof(sb->s_id));
 		msg->s_flags = sb->s_flags;
 		msg->ext4_errno = ext4_errno;