diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2d653ad14200..9a256c558e04 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static struct ratelimit_state ext4_mount_msg_ratelimit;
 static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext4_super_block *,
 			     unsigned long journal_devnum);
 static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root);
+static void ext4_update_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static int ext4_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block *sb,
 					struct ext4_super_block *es);
@@ -586,9 +587,9 @@ static int ext4_errno_to_code(int errno)
 	return EXT4_ERR_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
-static void __save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
-			      __u32 ino, __u64 block,
-			      const char *func, unsigned int line)
+static void save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
+			    __u32 ino, __u64 block,
+			    const char *func, unsigned int line)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
@@ -615,15 +616,6 @@ static void __save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_error_lock);
 }
 
-static void save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
-			    __u32 ino, __u64 block,
-			    const char *func, unsigned int line)
-{
-	__save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
-	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
-		ext4_commit_super(sb);
-}
-
 /* Deal with the reporting of failure conditions on a filesystem such as
  * inconsistencies detected or read IO failures.
  *
@@ -649,20 +641,35 @@ static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb, bool force_ro, int error,
 			      const char *func, unsigned int line)
 {
 	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
+	bool continue_fs = !force_ro && test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT);
 
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 	if (test_opt(sb, WARN_ON_ERROR))
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 
-	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
-		save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
+	if (!continue_fs && !sb_rdonly(sb)) {
+		ext4_set_mount_flag(sb, EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED);
+		if (journal)
+			jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
+	}
 
-	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || (!force_ro && test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)))
+	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
+		save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
+		/*
+		 * In case the fs should keep running, we need to writeout
+		 * superblock through the journal. Due to lock ordering
+		 * constraints, it may not be safe to do it right here so we
+		 * defer superblock flushing to a workqueue.
+		 */
+		if (continue_fs)
+			schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
+		else
+			ext4_commit_super(sb);
+	}
+
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || continue_fs)
 		return;
 
-	ext4_set_mount_flag(sb, EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED);
-	if (journal)
-		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
 	/*
 	 * We force ERRORS_RO behavior when system is rebooting. Otherwise we
 	 * could panic during 'reboot -f' as the underlying device got already
@@ -685,7 +692,38 @@ static void flush_stashed_error_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = container_of(work, struct ext4_sb_info,
 						s_error_work);
+	journal_t *journal = sbi->s_journal;
+	handle_t *handle;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the journal is still running, we have to write out superblock
+	 * through the journal to avoid collisions of other journalled sb
+	 * updates.
+	 *
+	 * We use directly jbd2 functions here to avoid recursing back into
+	 * ext4 error handling code during handling of previous errors.
+	 */
+	if (!sb_rdonly(sbi->s_sb) && journal) {
+		handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, 1);
+		if (IS_ERR(handle))
+			goto write_directly;
+		if (jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh)) {
+			jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
+			goto write_directly;
+		}
+		ext4_update_super(sbi->s_sb);
+		if (jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbi->s_sbh)) {
+			jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
+			goto write_directly;
+		}
+		jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
+		return;
+	}
+write_directly:
+	/*
+	 * Write through journal failed. Write sb directly to get error info
+	 * out and hope for the best.
+	 */
 	ext4_commit_super(sbi->s_sb);
 }
 
@@ -944,9 +982,11 @@ __acquires(bitlock)
 		if (test_opt(sb, WARN_ON_ERROR))
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
-		__save_error_info(sb, EFSCORRUPTED, ino, block, function, line);
-		if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
+		if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
+			save_error_info(sb, EFSCORRUPTED, ino, block, function,
+					line);
 			schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
+		}
 		return;
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, grp);
@@ -5434,15 +5474,12 @@ err_out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
+/* Copy state of EXT4_SB(sb) into buffer for on-disk superblock */
+static void ext4_update_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!sbh || block_device_ejected(sb))
-		return error;
 
 	lock_buffer(sbh);
 	/*
@@ -5514,8 +5551,20 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_error_lock);
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
 	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
+	unlock_buffer(sbh);
+}
+
+static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	if (!sbh || block_device_ejected(sb))
+		return error;
+
+	ext4_update_super(sb);
+
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh) || !buffer_uptodate(sbh)) {
 		/*
 		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
@@ -5530,8 +5579,8 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
 	}
+	BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
 	mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
-	unlock_buffer(sbh);
 	error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
 		REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0));
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {