1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 09357508ec9a..a2862339323b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,11 @@ static void mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
 
         BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+        /* Is it already empty? */
+        if (sb->s_start == 0) {
+                spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                return;
+        }
         jbd_debug(1, "JBD: Marking journal as empty (seq %d)\n",
                   journal->j_tail_sequence);