diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index c50c761..37fd31e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2825,6 +2825,10 @@
 		 * bitmap, and an inode table.
 		 */
 		overhead += ngroups * (2 + sbi->s_itb_per_group);
+
+		/* Add the journal blocks as well */
+                overhead += sbi->s_journal->j_maxlen;
+
 		sbi->s_overhead_last = overhead;
 		smp_wmb();
 		sbi->s_blocks_last = le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count);