diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index a0d7e26..2857e5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@
 		 * don't use page cache.
 		 */
 		if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
-		    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) {
+		    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) &&
+		    inode->i_ino != EXT4_JOURNAL_INO) {
 			journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
 			tid_t commit_tid = EXT4_I(inode)->i_datasync_tid;