diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index be799040a4154..b96ecba918990 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 
 	set_buffer_meta(bh);
 	set_buffer_prio(bh);
+	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
 		err = jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
 		/* Errors can only happen due to aborted journal or a nasty bug */
@@ -355,7 +356,6 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 					 err);
 		}
 	} else {
-		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		if (inode)
 			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, inode);
 		else
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 09f1f02e1d6d6..6a4e040ea9b3a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -705,15 +705,23 @@ static void flush_stashed_error_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * ext4 error handling code during handling of previous errors.
 	 */
 	if (!sb_rdonly(sbi->s_sb) && journal) {
+		struct buffer_head *sbh = sbi->s_sbh;
 		handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle))
 			goto write_directly;
-		if (jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh)) {
+		if (jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbh)) {
 			jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
 			goto write_directly;
 		}
 		ext4_update_super(sbi->s_sb);
-		if (jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbi->s_sbh)) {
+		if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh) || !buffer_uptodate(sbh)) {
+			ext4_msg(sbi->s_sb, KERN_ERR, "previous I/O error to "
+				 "superblock detected");
+			clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+			set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+		}
+
+		if (jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbh)) {
 			jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
 			goto write_directly;
 		}