diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index ae08c057e751..f1ea861b9929 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -762,6 +762,9 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		/* AKPM: bforget here */
 	}
 
+	if (err)
+		journal_abort(journal, err);
+
 	jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 6\n");
 
 	if (journal_write_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction))