diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 190f047..609c836 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ static int __check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *func,
 				unsigned int line,
 				struct ext4_map_blocks *map)
 {
+	if (ext4_has_feature_journal(inode->i_sb) &&
+	    (inode->i_ino ==
+	     le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_journal_inum)))
+		return 0;
 	if (!ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb), map->m_pblk,
 				   map->m_len)) {
 		ext4_error_inode(inode, func, line, map->m_pblk,