diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index cac448282331..8990165346ee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2648,7 +2648,8 @@ int ext4_orphan_del(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal)
+	if ((!EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) &&
+	    !(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_ORPHAN_FS))
 		return 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_orphan_lock);