diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 0d0c70151642faf026c98d53b4179c6395e1b645..b7394d05ee8e9e8261d2a6e8be983b83781d2211 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	case EXT3_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND: {
 		ext3_fsblk_t n_blocks_count;
 		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-		int err;
+		int err, err2;
 
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
 		}
 		err = ext3_group_extend(sb, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es, n_blocks_count);
 		journal_lock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
-		journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		err2 = journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 		journal_unlock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		if (err == 0)
+			err = err2;
 group_extend_out:
 		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
 		return err;
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	case EXT3_IOC_GROUP_ADD: {
 		struct ext3_new_group_data input;
 		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-		int err;
+		int err, err2;
 
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -280,8 +282,10 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
 
 		err = ext3_group_add(sb, &input);
 		journal_lock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
-		journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		err2 = journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 		journal_unlock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		if (err == 0)
+			err = err2;
 group_add_out:
 		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 3a260af5544d24dfc85f0dffc03b42771c322295..cac29ee3b14ab62054b6f45d74f36adaecab5200 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ static void ext3_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	int i;
 
 	ext3_xattr_put_super(sb);
-	journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
+	if (journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal) < 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);
@@ -2296,7 +2297,9 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
 	journal_t *journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
 
 	journal_lock_updates(journal);
-	journal_flush(journal);
+	if (journal_flush(journal) < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	lock_super(sb);
 	if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
 	    sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
@@ -2305,6 +2308,8 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
 		ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 	unlock_super(sb);
+
+out:
 	journal_unlock_updates(journal);
 }
 
@@ -2404,7 +2409,13 @@ static void ext3_write_super_lockfs(struct super_block *sb)
 
 		/* Now we set up the journal barrier. */
 		journal_lock_updates(journal);
-		journal_flush(journal);
+
+		/*
+		 * We don't want to clear needs_recovery flag when we failed
+		 * to flush the journal.
+		 */
+		if (journal_flush(journal) < 0)
+			return;
 
 		/* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
@@ -2822,8 +2833,12 @@ static int ext3_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 		 * otherwise be livelocked...
 		 */
 		journal_lock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
-		journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		err = journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 		journal_unlock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+		if (err) {
+			path_put(&nd.path);
+			return err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = vfs_quota_on_path(sb, type, format_id, &nd.path);