diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index f943b9b3f208..2eccbfaa1d48 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs)
 /*
  *  Submit all the data buffers to disk
  */
-static void journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
+static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 				transaction_t *commit_transaction)
 {
 	struct journal_head *jh;
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static void journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 	int locked;
 	int bufs = 0;
 	struct buffer_head **wbuf = journal->j_wbuf;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Whenever we unlock the journal and sleep, things can get added
@@ -266,6 +267,8 @@ static void journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 			put_bh(bh);
 		} else {
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "writeout complete: unfile");
+			if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
+				err = -EIO;
 			__journal_unfile_buffer(jh);
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 			if (locked)
@@ -284,6 +287,8 @@ static void journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -423,8 +428,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
 	 * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
 	 */
-	err = 0;
-	journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction);
+	err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction);
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait for all previously submitted IO to complete.
@@ -439,10 +443,21 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			wait_on_buffer(bh);
-			if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
-				err = -EIO;
 			spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		}
+		if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh))) {
+			if (TestSetPageLocked(bh->b_page)) {
+				spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+				lock_page(bh->b_page);
+				spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+			}
+			if (bh->b_page->mapping)
+				set_bit(AS_EIO, &bh->b_page->mapping->flags);
+
+			unlock_page(bh->b_page);
+			SetPageError(bh->b_page);
+			err = -EIO;
+		}
 		if (!inverted_lock(journal, bh)) {
 			put_bh(bh);
 			spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
@@ -461,8 +476,14 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 
-	if (err)
-		journal_abort(journal, err);
+	if (err) {
+		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"JBD: Detected IO errors while flushing file data "
+			"on %s\n", bdevname(journal->j_fs_dev, b));
+		err = 0;
+	}
 
 	journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction);