diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 9b7c54e0cd2ae0379bba6045d0a340a7d10bf1fd..a11ca0958a238b254cf7e8e29cda17f342cf2fc3 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int reserve_space(struct ubifs_info *c, int jhead, int len)
 	offs = 0;
 
 out:
-	err = ubifs_wbuf_seek_nolock(wbuf, lnum, offs, UBI_SHORTTERM);
+	err = ubifs_wbuf_seek_nolock(wbuf, lnum, offs, wbuf->dtype);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;