EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
        sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
        EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= EXT4_MOUNT_ABORT;
-       jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
+       if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
+               jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
 }
 
 void ext4_warning(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 {
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
-       int i;
+       int i, err;
 
        ext4_mb_release(sb);
        ext4_ext_release(sb);
        ext4_xattr_put_super(sb);
-       if (jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal) < 0)
-               ext4_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+       err = jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
        sbi->s_journal = NULL;
+       if (err < 0)
+               ext4_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+
        if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
                es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);