diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6966504b0c8c..8740827b2ce9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 83c49523c91fff10493f5b3c102063b02ab76907
+refs/heads/master: 8a9362eb405e380432e6883cb83830df3b6cdf78
diff --git a/trunk/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/trunk/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index eb7eb6c27bcb..2dbf23e82c6f 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1976,9 +1976,10 @@ static int journal_init_jbd2_journal_head_cache(void)
 
 static void jbd2_journal_destroy_jbd2_journal_head_cache(void)
 {
-	J_ASSERT(jbd2_journal_head_cache != NULL);
-	kmem_cache_destroy(jbd2_journal_head_cache);
-	jbd2_journal_head_cache = NULL;
+	if (jbd2_journal_head_cache) {
+		kmem_cache_destroy(jbd2_journal_head_cache);
+		jbd2_journal_head_cache = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 /*