diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 2211c737bd5f..da3cbe193eee 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * This is a variaon of __jbd2_update_log_tail which checks for validity of
+ * This is a variation of __jbd2_update_log_tail which checks for validity of
  * provided log tail and locks j_checkpoint_mutex. So it is safe against races
  * with other threads updating log tail.
  */
@@ -1377,6 +1377,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
 		  tail_block, tail_tid);