diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 27b9a76a0dfa..638ad4743477 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -186,11 +186,8 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
 			goto exit_thread;
 		}
 
-		if (sb_rdonly(sb)) {
-			ext4_warning(sb, "kmmpd being stopped since filesystem "
-				     "has been remounted as readonly.");
-			goto exit_thread;
-		}
+		if (sb_rdonly(sb))
+			break;
 
 		diff = jiffies - last_update_time;
 		if (diff < mmp_update_interval * HZ)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index eff5c983e067..680526e9ee96 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5212,6 +5212,8 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 
 			if (sbi->s_journal)
 				ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
+			if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
+				kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
 		} else {
 			/* Make sure we can mount this feature set readwrite */
 			if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||