diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index aba3749..ba2cf3f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ extern int ext4_group_extend(struct super_block *sb,
 extern int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count);
 
 /* super.c */
+int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync);
 extern void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern void ext4_kvfree(void *ptr);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index aca1790..a85f46f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 			ext4_journal_abort_handle(where, line, __func__,
 						  bh, handle, err);
 	} else
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
+		err = ext4_commit_super(sb, 0);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ceebaf8..6b45785 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static struct ext4_features *ext4_feat;
 static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext4_super_block *,
 			     unsigned long journal_devnum);
 static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root);
-static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync);
 static void ext4_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block *sb,
 					struct ext4_super_block *es);
 static void ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
 	}
-	if (sb->s_dirt || !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
 
 	if (sbi->s_proc) {
@@ -3991,7 +3990,7 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
+int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 {
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;