diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index ab2594a..aba3749 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2226,12 +2226,6 @@ static inline void ext4_unlock_group(struct super_block *sb,
 	spin_unlock(ext4_group_lock_ptr(sb, group));
 }
 
-static inline void ext4_mark_super_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal == NULL)
-		sb->s_dirt =1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Block validity checking
  */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cb70f18..708b28e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -181,9 +181,21 @@ static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 		path.dentry = mnt->mnt_root;
 		cp = d_path(&path, buf, sizeof(buf));
 		if (!IS_ERR(cp)) {
+			handle_t *handle;
+			int err;
+
+			handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
+			if (IS_ERR(handle))
+				return PTR_ERR(handle);
+			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
+			if (err) {
+				ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+				return err;
+			}
 			strlcpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
 				sizeof(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted));
-			ext4_mark_super_dirty(sb);
+			ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
+			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		}
 	}
 	/*