diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 4f302d279279..48b3cb8aeb2e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		if (err)
 			__jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
 	}
-	err = journal_wait_on_commit_record(cbh);
+	if (!err && !is_journal_aborted(journal))
+		err = journal_wait_on_commit_record(cbh);
 
 	if (err)
 		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, err);