1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 8c892e93d8e7..d90ad0574705 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1479,10 +1479,12 @@ static void ext3_orphan_cleanup (struct super_block * sb,
         }
 
         if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT3_ERROR_FS) {
-                if (es->s_last_orphan)
+                /* don't clear list on RO mount w/ errors */
+                if (es->s_last_orphan && !(s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                         jbd_debug(1, "Errors on filesystem, "
                                   "clearing orphan list.\n");
-                es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+                        es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+                }
                 jbd_debug(1, "Skipping orphan recovery on fs with errors.\n");
                 return;
         }