diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8eab6829f17b..c0a377294545 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6cb4aff0a77cc0e6bae9475d62205319e3ebbf3f
+refs/heads/master: 3f8b5ee33293d43ca360771b535dfae8c57259dc
diff --git a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index ba98546fabbd..f3de5e8a2ae8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,15 @@ static int journal_read_transaction(struct super_block *sb,
 		brelse(d_bh);
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+	if (bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
+		reiserfs_warning(sb, "clm-2076",
+				 "device is readonly, unable to replay log");
+		brelse(c_bh);
+		brelse(d_bh);
+		return -EROFS;
+	}
+
 	trans_id = get_desc_trans_id(desc);
 	/* now we know we've got a good transaction, and it was inside the valid time ranges */
 	log_blocks = kmalloc(get_desc_trans_len(desc) *
@@ -2459,12 +2468,6 @@ static int journal_read(struct super_block *sb)
 		goto start_log_replay;
 	}
 
-	if (continue_replay && bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
-		reiserfs_warning(sb, "clm-2076",
-				 "device is readonly, unable to replay log");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	/* ok, there are transactions that need to be replayed.  start with the first log block, find
 	 ** all the valid transactions, and pick out the oldest.
 	 */