diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index d27c10f4502f..75a4f622afaf 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ static int __try_to_free_cp_buf(struct journal_head *jh)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 
-	if (jh->b_transaction == NULL && !buffer_locked(bh) &&
-	    !buffer_dirty(bh) && !buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+	if (!jh->b_transaction && !buffer_locked(bh) && !buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "remove from checkpoint list");
 		ret = __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh) + 1;
 	}
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ int jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
 	 * OK, we need to start writing disk blocks.  Take one transaction
 	 * and write it.
 	 */
-	result = 0;
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	if (!journal->j_checkpoint_transactions)
 		goto out;
@@ -295,8 +293,6 @@ int jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
 			goto restart;
 		}
 		if (!buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-			if (unlikely(buffer_write_io_error(bh)) && !result)
-				result = -EIO;
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "remove from checkpoint");
 			if (__jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh))
 				/* The transaction was released; we're done */
@@ -356,8 +352,6 @@ int jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
 			spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			goto restart2;
 		}
-		if (unlikely(buffer_write_io_error(bh)) && !result)
-			result = -EIO;
 
 		/*
 		 * Now in whatever state the buffer currently is, we
@@ -369,10 +363,7 @@ int jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	if (result < 0)
-		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, result);
-	else
-		result = jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
+	result = jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
 
 	return (result < 0) ? result : 0;
 }