diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index fa36d7662b217..b98e4c1eecffa 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	int ret;
 	struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
 
+	*cbh = NULL;
+
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -806,7 +808,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		if (err)
 			__jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
 	}
-	if (!err && !is_journal_aborted(journal))
+	if (cbh)
 		err = journal_wait_on_commit_record(journal, cbh);
 	if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				      JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT) &&