diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 2e76fb55d94a..5f24fdc140ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -999,6 +999,13 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (!blk_queue_discard(q))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+		/*
+		 * We haven't replayed the journal, so we cannot use our
+		 * block-bitmap-guided storage zapping commands.
+		 */
+		if (test_opt(sb, NOLOAD) && ext4_has_feature_journal(sb))
+			return -EROFS;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&range, (struct fstrim_range __user *)arg,
 		    sizeof(range)))
 			return -EFAULT;