diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
index 98ee467ec3f75..3d321bffddc95 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ reread:		left = ca->sb.bucket_size - offset;
 			list_add(&i->list, where);
 			ret = 1;
 
-			ja->seq[bucket_index] = j->seq;
+			if (j->seq > ja->seq[bucket_index])
+				ja->seq[bucket_index] = j->seq;
 next_set:
 			offset	+= blocks * ca->sb.block_size;
 			len	-= blocks * ca->sb.block_size;