diff --git a/fs/jbd/recovery.c b/fs/jbd/recovery.c
index 43bc5e5..db5e982 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/recovery.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
  */
 int journal_recover(journal_t *journal)
 {
-	int			err;
+	int			err, err2;
 	journal_superblock_t *	sb;
 
 	struct recovery_info	info;
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@
 	journal->j_transaction_sequence = ++info.end_transaction;
 
 	journal_clear_revoke(journal);
-	sync_blockdev(journal->j_fs_dev);
+	err2 = sync_blockdev(journal->j_fs_dev);
+	if (!err)
+		err = err2;
+
 	return err;
 }