diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7fe3869d33d5..78fb7ff3adb8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4227,6 +4227,7 @@ static void ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
 
 		jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal);
+		jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 1afb701622b0..9956ac68b72b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
  * Update a journal's errno.  Write updated superblock to disk waiting for IO
  * to complete.
  */
-static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
+void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 
 	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno);
 
 /*
  * Read the superblock for a given journal, performing initial
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 912c30a8ddb1..2ed66ef2e68b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ extern int	   jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
+extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *);
 extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
 				unsigned long, int);
 extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);