diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index bd3475694e83a06501a055e73fd1403f81123eef..c492cbb2410f6f583ad1a94c3bd4dddc20ef5b5f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	/* At this point, we know that no more recovery threads can be
 	 * launched, so wait for any recovery completion work to
 	 * complete. */
-	flush_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
+	if (osb->ocfs2_wq)
+		flush_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
 
 	/*
 	 * Now that recovery is shut down, and the osb is about to be
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 30208233f65ba44b1e4241d27326fe0b7b4d5fa8..a46aff7135d35e5845ccdd635d68616eccd77761 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc = NULL;
 
 	cancel_delayed_work(&osb->la_enable_wq);
-	flush_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
+	if (osb->ocfs2_wq)
+		flush_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
 
 	if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_UNUSED)
 		goto out;