diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index bf83e1c64aa4803bc3b6ac9071fd9bc3a5511550..5dddfc493ca74f0bc94ecf8377350d24ae0cfb51 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 
 	/* Log is no longer empty */
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	WARN_ON(!sb->s_sequence);
 	journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_FLUSHED;
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);