diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 80f06159ee99..1b330cd71ca8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	ext4_ext_release(sb);
 	ext4_xattr_put_super(sb);
 	jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
+	sbi->s_journal = NULL;
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
@@ -2423,6 +2424,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 failed_mount4:
 	jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
+	sbi->s_journal = NULL;
 failed_mount3:
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);