diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2adee384741538308a1d3b4d2e896b68c8ee8e2d..6784c94e526ef3e1e6cce160be6a0bd6d02721b2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5624,8 +5624,11 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (!really_read_only && journal_devnum &&
 	    journal_devnum != le32_to_cpu(es->s_journal_dev)) {
 		es->s_journal_dev = cpu_to_le32(journal_devnum);
-
-		/* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
+	}
+	if (!really_read_only && journal_inum &&
+	    journal_inum != le32_to_cpu(es->s_journal_inum)) {
+		es->s_journal_inum = cpu_to_le32(journal_inum);
 		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 	}