diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 08cdfe5461e3..622e88249024 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2828,8 +2828,9 @@ static int ext3_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf)
 		 */
 		overhead += ngroups * (2 + sbi->s_itb_per_group);
 
-		/* Add the journal blocks as well */
-                overhead += sbi->s_journal->j_maxlen;
+		/* Add the internal journal blocks as well */
+		if (sbi->s_journal && !sbi->journal_bdev)
+			overhead += sbi->s_journal->j_maxlen;
 
 		sbi->s_overhead_last = overhead;
 		smp_wmb();