diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 38bc735c67ad2e..dc20db348679d9 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DLM)		+= dlm/
 # Do not add any filesystems before this line
 obj-$(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS)	+= reiserfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EXT3_FS)		+= ext3/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext3
-obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS)		+= ext4/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext4
+obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS)		+= ext2/
+# We place ext4 after ext2 so plain ext2 root fs's are mounted using ext2
+# unless explicitly requested by rootfstype
+obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS)		+= ext4/
 obj-$(CONFIG_JBD)		+= jbd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_JBD2)		+= jbd2/
-obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS)		+= ext2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRAMFS)		+= cramfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS)		+= squashfs/
 obj-y				+= ramfs/
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 9a50b8052dcfab..de9459b4cb9432 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -609,7 +609,9 @@ int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
  */
 int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
 {
-	if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1) || (*retries)++ > 3)
+	if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1) ||
+	    (*retries)++ > 3 ||
+	    !EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
 		return 0;
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "%s: retrying operation after ENOSPC\n", sb->s_id);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 51cdd13e1c3183..c7fed5b1874532 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 
-		if (mpd.retval == -ENOSPC) {
+		if ((mpd.retval == -ENOSPC) && sbi->s_journal) {
 			/* commit the transaction which would
 			 * free blocks released in the transaction
 			 * and try again
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index a5732c58f67674..39d1993cfa1370 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,6 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 
 		/* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, 1);
 		error = ext4_commit_super(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, 1);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;