diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 6b7b73afef81..4227dc4f7437 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 	unsigned long	blocknr;
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
-		return 1;
+		return -EIO;
 
 	if (!jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal, &first_tid, &blocknr))
 		return 1;
@@ -407,8 +407,7 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
 		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_NOFS, NULL);
 
-	__jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr);
-	return 0;
+	return __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 303ccd953e95..5804466b5785 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -876,9 +876,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
  *
  * Requires j_checkpoint_mutex
  */
-void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
+int __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
 {
 	unsigned long freed;
+	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
 
@@ -888,7 +889,10 @@ void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
 	 * space and if we lose sb update during power failure we'd replay
 	 * old transaction with possibly newly overwritten data.
 	 */
-	jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, tid, block, WRITE_FUA);
+	ret = jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, tid, block, WRITE_FUA);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	freed = block - journal->j_tail;
 	if (block < journal->j_tail)
@@ -904,6 +908,9 @@ void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
 	journal->j_tail_sequence = tid;
 	journal->j_tail = block;
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1322,7 +1329,7 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
 	return jbd2_journal_start_thread(journal);
 }
 
-static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
+static int jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
@@ -1361,7 +1368,10 @@ static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: Error %d detected when updating "
 		       "journal superblock for %s.\n", ret,
 		       journal->j_devname);
+		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, ret);
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1374,10 +1384,11 @@ static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
  * Update a journal's superblock information about log tail and write it to
  * disk, waiting for the IO to complete.
  */
-void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
+int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 				     unsigned long tail_block, int write_op)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
+	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
@@ -1386,13 +1397,18 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(tail_tid);
 	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(tail_block);
 
-	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
+	ret = jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Log is no longer empty */
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	WARN_ON(!sb->s_sequence);
 	journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_FLUSHED;
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1941,7 +1957,14 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
-	jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		err = 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Finally, mark the journal as really needing no recovery.
 	 * This sets s_start==0 in the underlying superblock, which is
@@ -1957,7 +1980,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_head == journal->j_tail);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_tail_sequence == journal->j_transaction_sequence);
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 20e7f78041c8..edb640ae9a94 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ struct buffer_head *jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *journal);
 int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *, unsigned long long *);
 int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
 			      unsigned long *block);
-void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
+int __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
 void jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
 
 /* Commit management */
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
 extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *);
-extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
+extern int	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
 				unsigned long, int);
 extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);
 extern void	   jbd2_journal_abort      (journal_t *, int);