diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 559938a82379..b6c114c11b97 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 		return -EIO;
-	if (test_bit(JBD2_CHECKPOINT_IO_ERROR, &journal->j_atomic_flags)) {
+	if (jbd2_check_fs_dev_write_error(journal)) {
 		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -2160,12 +2160,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_destroy(journal_t *journal)
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, all checkpoint transactions have been checked, now check the
-	 * write out io error flag and abort the journal if some buffer failed
-	 * to write back to the original location, otherwise the filesystem
-	 * may become inconsistent.
+	 * writeback errseq of fs dev and abort the journal if some buffer
+	 * failed to write back to the original location, otherwise the
+	 * filesystem may become inconsistent.
 	 */
 	if (!is_journal_aborted(journal) &&
-	    test_bit(JBD2_CHECKPOINT_IO_ERROR, &journal->j_atomic_flags))
+	    jbd2_check_fs_dev_write_error(journal))
 		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
 
 	if (journal->j_sb_buffer) {