journal_t *journal = handle->h_transaction->t_journal;
        int need_brelse = 0;
        struct journal_head *jh;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        if (is_handle_aborted(handle))
-               return 0;
+               return ret;
 
        jh = journal_add_journal_head(bh);
        JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "entry");
                                   time if it is redirtied */
                        }
 
-                       /* journal_clean_data_list() may have got there first */
+                       /*
+                        * We cannot remove the buffer with io error from the
+                        * committing transaction, because otherwise it would
+                        * miss the error and the commit would not abort.
+                        */
+                       if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh))) {
+                               ret = -EIO;
+                               goto no_journal;
+                       }
+
                        if (jh->b_transaction != NULL) {
                                JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "unfile from commit");
                                __journal_temp_unlink_buffer(jh);
        }
        JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
        journal_put_journal_head(jh);
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**