diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d76ec8277d3f..ccc4bcad5616 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4430,6 +4430,7 @@ static void ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
 
 		jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal);
+		jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index e9a3c4c85594..bd23f2ebaa67 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
  * Update a journal's errno.  Write updated superblock to disk waiting for IO
  * to complete.
  */
-static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
+void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 
@@ -1390,6 +1390,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 
 	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno);
 
 /*
  * Read the superblock for a given journal, performing initial
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index f334c7fab967..3efc43f3f162 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ extern int	   jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
+extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *);
 extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
 				unsigned long, int);
 extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);