1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ea5f24ffa60c..85e41a2a39ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
                  * don't use page cache.
                  */
                 if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
-                    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) {
+                    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) &&
+                    inode->i_ino != EXT4_JOURNAL_INO) {
                         journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
                         tid_t commit_tid = EXT4_I(inode)->i_datasync_tid;