diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 107d2c62b240..4ef8ec0cbc07 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b794e7a6ebfbddb819b0e75ab59ada6b08a285f2
+refs/heads/master: c25f9bc6143f4cb4dc31d2ad7a6fe4e4005fc414
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7bef0a4bc518..a53a23aef5e3 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2177,10 +2177,12 @@ static void ext4_orphan_cleanup(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_ERROR_FS) {
-		if (es->s_last_orphan)
+		/* don't clear list on RO mount w/ errors */
+		if (es->s_last_orphan && !(s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 			jbd_debug(1, "Errors on filesystem, "
 				  "clearing orphan list.\n");
-		es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+			es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+		}
 		jbd_debug(1, "Skipping orphan recovery on fs with errors.\n");
 		return;
 	}