diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 265c75256989e..20378050df09c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4815,9 +4815,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 * used to detect the metadata async write error.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_bdev_wb_lock);
-	if (!sb_rdonly(sb))
-		errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err,
-					 &sbi->s_bdev_wb_err);
+	errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err,
+				 &sbi->s_bdev_wb_err);
 	sb->s_bdev->bd_super = sb;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ORPHAN_FS;
 	ext4_orphan_cleanup(sb, es);
@@ -5709,14 +5708,6 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 				goto restore_opts;
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * Update the original bdev mapping's wb_err value
-			 * which could be used to detect the metadata async
-			 * write error.
-			 */
-			errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err,
-						 &sbi->s_bdev_wb_err);
-
 			/*
 			 * Mounting a RDONLY partition read-write, so reread
 			 * and store the current valid flag.  (It may have