diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ba92c60..cb96f127c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@
 	unsigned long def_mount_opts;
 	struct super_block *sb = vfs->mnt_sb;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
+	journal_t *journal = sbi->s_journal;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 
 	def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);
@@ -729,8 +730,13 @@
 		seq_printf(seq, ",commit=%u",
 			   (unsigned) (sbi->s_commit_interval / HZ));
 	}
-	if (test_opt(sb, BARRIER))
-		seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=1");
+	/*
+	 * We're changing the default of barrier mount option, so
+	 * let's always display its mount state so it's clear what its
+	 * status is.
+	 */
+	seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=");
+	seq_puts(seq, test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? "1" : "0");
 	if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",journal_async_commit");
 	if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
@@ -1909,6 +1915,7 @@
 	sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid);
 
 	set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, RESERVATION);
+	set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
 
 	/*
 	 * turn on extents feature by default in ext4 filesystem