diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index d6a6659..25719d9 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 			"JBD: Detected IO errors while flushing file data "
 			"on %s\n", bdevname(journal->j_fs_dev, b));
+		if (journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR)
+			journal_abort(journal, err);
 		err = 0;
 	}