diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index f9bf3bac085d..fc54cc798ce3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1022,11 +1022,8 @@ static int ocfs2_journal_toggle_dirty(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)bh->b_data;
-
-	/* The journal bh on the osb always comes from ocfs2_journal_init()
-	 * and was validated there inside ocfs2_inode_lock_full().  It's a
-	 * code bug if we mess it up. */
-	BUG_ON(!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe));
+	if (WARN_ON(!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	flags = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.journal1.ij_flags);
 	if (dirty)