diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 146411387ada..5d0405a9e7ca 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 					memcpy(nbh->b_data, obh->b_data,
 							journal->j_blocksize);
 					if (flags & JBD2_FLAG_ESCAPE) {
-						*((__be32 *)bh->b_data) =
+						*((__be32 *)nbh->b_data) =
 						cpu_to_be32(JBD2_MAGIC_NUMBER);
 					}