diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 17cf98e..aa4968c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7100,7 +7100,8 @@
 
 		pr_debug("md/raid:%s: using device %s as journal\n",
 			 mdname(mddev), bdevname(journal_dev->bdev, b));
-		r5l_init_log(conf, journal_dev);
+		if (r5l_init_log(conf, journal_dev))
+			goto abort;
 	}
 
 	return 0;