}
        atomic_dec(&journal->j_async_throttle);
 
+       /* We're skipping the commit if there's an error */
+       if (retval || reiserfs_is_journal_aborted(journal))
+               barrier = 0;
+
        /* wait on everything written so far before writing the commit
         * if we are in barrier mode, send the commit down now
         */
        BUG_ON(atomic_read(&(jl->j_commit_left)) != 1);
 
        if (!barrier) {
-               if (buffer_dirty(jl->j_commit_bh))
-                       BUG();
-               mark_buffer_dirty(jl->j_commit_bh);
-               sync_dirty_buffer(jl->j_commit_bh);
+               /* If there was a write error in the journal - we can't commit
+                * this transaction - it will be invalid and, if successful,
+                * will just end up propogating the write error out to
+                * the file system. */
+               if (likely(!retval && !reiserfs_is_journal_aborted (journal))) {
+                       if (buffer_dirty(jl->j_commit_bh))
+                               BUG();
+                       mark_buffer_dirty(jl->j_commit_bh) ;
+                       sync_dirty_buffer(jl->j_commit_bh) ;
+               }
        } else
                wait_on_buffer(jl->j_commit_bh);