diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index 2003e830ed1c..788e0a9c1fb0 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -611,11 +611,28 @@ static int jfs_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct jfs_sb_info *sbi = JFS_SBI(sb);
 	struct jfs_log *log = sbi->log;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		txQuiesce(sb);
-		lmLogShutdown(log);
-		updateSuper(sb, FM_CLEAN);
+		rc = lmLogShutdown(log);
+		if (rc) {
+			jfs_error(sb, "jfs_freeze: lmLogShutdown failed");
+
+			/* let operations fail rather than hang */
+			txResume(sb);
+
+			return rc;
+		}
+		rc = updateSuper(sb, FM_CLEAN);
+		if (rc) {
+			jfs_err("jfs_freeze: updateSuper failed\n");
+			/*
+			 * Don't fail here. Everything succeeded except
+			 * marking the superblock clean, so there's really
+			 * no harm in leaving it frozen for now.
+			 */
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -627,13 +644,18 @@ static int jfs_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		updateSuper(sb, FM_MOUNT);
-		if ((rc = lmLogInit(log)))
-			jfs_err("jfs_unlock failed with return code %d", rc);
-		else
-			txResume(sb);
+		rc = updateSuper(sb, FM_MOUNT);
+		if (rc) {
+			jfs_error(sb, "jfs_unfreeze: updateSuper failed");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		rc = lmLogInit(log);
+		if (rc)
+			jfs_error(sb, "jfs_unfreeze: lmLogInit failed");
+out:
+		txResume(sb);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *jfs_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,