diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 18eaa78ecb4e..e5717a4fae67 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ void ext3_abort (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ERROR_FS;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= EXT3_MOUNT_ABORT;
-	journal_abort(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
+	if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal)
+		journal_abort(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
 }
 
 void ext3_warning (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
@@ -390,11 +391,14 @@ static void ext3_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 {
 	struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
 	struct ext3_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	ext3_xattr_put_super(sb);
-	if (journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal) < 0)
+	err = journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
+	sbi->s_journal = NULL;
+	if (err < 0)
 		ext3_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);