diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 98f381f6fc180..d380cdf924532 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2797,9 +2797,10 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 				EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks, rsv_blocks);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
-			ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT, "%s: jbd2_start: "
-			       "%ld pages, ino %lu; err %d", __func__,
-				wbc->nr_to_write, inode->i_ino, ret);
+			if (!unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
+				ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT, "%s: jbd2_start: "
+						"%ld pages, ino %lu; err %d", __func__,
+						wbc->nr_to_write, inode->i_ino, ret);
 			/* Release allocated io_end */
 			ext4_put_io_end(mpd.io_submit.io_end);
 			mpd.io_submit.io_end = NULL;