diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d92360d6bf266543b78b27792ba3d70106d7d6df..1f5ef17f714a72789f2c18baab6b29027eea3913 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5585,8 +5585,10 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	if (!sbh || block_device_ejected(sb))
-		return error;
+	if (!sbh)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (block_device_ejected(sb))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ext4_update_super(sb);