diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index fe1f50fe764f..3020fd70c392 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "%s: retrying operation after ENOSPC\n", sb->s_id);
 
-	return jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+	jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /*