diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 16d3d13..9ac33a7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -493,13 +493,13 @@ static int ext4_shutdown(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long arg)
 		set_bit(EXT4_FLAGS_SHUTDOWN, &sbi->s_ext4_flags);
 		if (sbi->s_journal && !is_journal_aborted(sbi->s_journal)) {
 			(void) ext4_force_commit(sb);
-			jbd2_journal_abort(sbi->s_journal, 0);
+			jbd2_journal_abort(sbi->s_journal, -ESHUTDOWN);
 		}
 		break;
 	case EXT4_GOING_FLAGS_NOLOGFLUSH:
 		set_bit(EXT4_FLAGS_SHUTDOWN, &sbi->s_ext4_flags);
 		if (sbi->s_journal && !is_journal_aborted(sbi->s_journal))
-			jbd2_journal_abort(sbi->s_journal, 0);
+			jbd2_journal_abort(sbi->s_journal, -ESHUTDOWN);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 3fbf48e..efa0c72 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1483,12 +1483,15 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
+	int errcode;
 
 	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock error (errno %d)\n",
-		  journal->j_errno);
-	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
+	errcode = journal->j_errno;
 	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	if (errcode == -ESHUTDOWN)
+		errcode = 0;
+	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock error (errno %d)\n", errcode);
+	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(errcode);
 
 	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, REQ_SYNC | REQ_FUA);
 }
@@ -2105,12 +2108,22 @@ void __jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal_t *journal)
  * but don't do any other IO. */
 static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno)
 {
-	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT)
-		return;
+	int old_errno;
 
-	if (!journal->j_errno)
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	old_errno = journal->j_errno;
+	if (!journal->j_errno || errno == -ESHUTDOWN)
 		journal->j_errno = errno;
 
+	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT) {
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		if (!old_errno && old_errno != -ESHUTDOWN &&
+		    errno == -ESHUTDOWN)
+			jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal);
+		return;
+	}
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
 	__jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
 
 	if (errno) {