diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 1362ccb64ec7d0e2086f8efeb3a8dac277b8b5a8..6e59dc19a732498a64ebdbdea43fd14c88e2f0aa 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ int nilfs_segbuf_extend_segsum(struct nilfs_segment_buffer *segbuf)
 	if (unlikely(!bh))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	lock_buffer(bh);
+	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+		memset(bh->b_data, 0, bh->b_size);
+		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+	}
+	unlock_buffer(bh);
 	nilfs_segbuf_add_segsum_buffer(segbuf, bh);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index ac949fd7603ff22f4c5654c3ae2ab9c06ccd92bd..c2553024bd25e651c38f99c414816a4bc57b51a1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -981,10 +981,13 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_fill_in_super_root(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
 	unsigned int isz, srsz;
 
 	bh_sr = NILFS_LAST_SEGBUF(&sci->sc_segbufs)->sb_super_root;
+
+	lock_buffer(bh_sr);
 	raw_sr = (struct nilfs_super_root *)bh_sr->b_data;
 	isz = nilfs->ns_inode_size;
 	srsz = NILFS_SR_BYTES(isz);
 
+	raw_sr->sr_sum = 0;  /* Ensure initialization within this update */
 	raw_sr->sr_bytes = cpu_to_le16(srsz);
 	raw_sr->sr_nongc_ctime
 		= cpu_to_le64(nilfs_doing_gc() ?
@@ -998,6 +1001,8 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_fill_in_super_root(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
 	nilfs_write_inode_common(nilfs->ns_sufile, (void *)raw_sr +
 				 NILFS_SR_SUFILE_OFFSET(isz), 1);
 	memset((void *)raw_sr + srsz, 0, nilfs->ns_blocksize - srsz);
+	set_buffer_uptodate(bh_sr);
+	unlock_buffer(bh_sr);
 }
 
 static void nilfs_redirty_inodes(struct list_head *head)
@@ -1780,6 +1785,7 @@ static void nilfs_abort_logs(struct list_head *logs, int err)
 	list_for_each_entry(segbuf, logs, sb_list) {
 		list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_segsum_buffers,
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
+			clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 				if (bd_page)
 					end_page_writeback(bd_page);
@@ -1791,6 +1797,7 @@ static void nilfs_abort_logs(struct list_head *logs, int err)
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
 			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
+				clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 					end_page_writeback(bd_page);
 					bd_page = bh->b_page;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 77f1e5778d1c84504b14289e72ff89c52d6df9a8..9ba4933087af07f2f26dff0725d67b181c3a360a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -372,10 +372,31 @@ static int nilfs_move_2nd_super(struct super_block *sb, loff_t sb2off)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	nsbp = (void *)nsbh->b_data + offset;
-	memset(nsbp, 0, nilfs->ns_blocksize);
 
+	lock_buffer(nsbh);
 	if (sb2i >= 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The position of the second superblock only changes by 4KiB,
+		 * which is larger than the maximum superblock data size
+		 * (= 1KiB), so there is no need to use memmove() to allow
+		 * overlap between source and destination.
+		 */
 		memcpy(nsbp, nilfs->ns_sbp[sb2i], nilfs->ns_sbsize);
+
+		/*
+		 * Zero fill after copy to avoid overwriting in case of move
+		 * within the same block.
+		 */
+		memset(nsbh->b_data, 0, offset);
+		memset((void *)nsbp + nilfs->ns_sbsize, 0,
+		       nsbh->b_size - offset - nilfs->ns_sbsize);
+	} else {
+		memset(nsbh->b_data, 0, nsbh->b_size);
+	}
+	set_buffer_uptodate(nsbh);
+	unlock_buffer(nsbh);
+
+	if (sb2i >= 0) {
 		brelse(nilfs->ns_sbh[sb2i]);
 		nilfs->ns_sbh[sb2i] = nsbh;
 		nilfs->ns_sbp[sb2i] = nsbp;