diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index b4cebad21b48479a39a00af93b5b9c5c62fa0bbf..3335ef352915596956384e77c990ac117a1fd18c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void nilfs_relax_pressure_in_lock(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct nilfs_sc_info *sci = nilfs->ns_writer;
 
-	if (!sci || !sci->sc_flush_request)
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || unlikely(!sci) || !sci->sc_flush_request)
 		return;
 
 	set_bit(NILFS_SC_PRIOR_FLUSH, &sci->sc_flags);
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ int nilfs_construct_segment(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct nilfs_sc_info *sci = nilfs->ns_writer;
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info *ti;
 
-	if (!sci)
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || unlikely(!sci))
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	/* A call inside transactions causes a deadlock. */
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!sci)
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || unlikely(!sci))
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	nilfs_transaction_lock(sb, &ti, 0);
@@ -2776,11 +2776,12 @@ int nilfs_attach_log_writer(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_root *root)
 
 	if (nilfs->ns_writer) {
 		/*
-		 * This happens if the filesystem was remounted
-		 * read/write after nilfs_error degenerated it into a
-		 * read-only mount.
+		 * This happens if the filesystem is made read-only by
+		 * __nilfs_error or nilfs_remount and then remounted
+		 * read/write.  In these cases, reuse the existing
+		 * writer.
 		 */
-		nilfs_detach_log_writer(sb);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	nilfs->ns_writer = nilfs_segctor_new(sb, root);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index ba108f915391e35c2b900c864f4f436ba91d54f3..6edb6e0dd61f7a7c1cc56ae13999c5eb957735e6 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -1133,8 +1133,6 @@ static int nilfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	if ((bool)(*flags & SB_RDONLY) == sb_rdonly(sb))
 		goto out;
 	if (*flags & SB_RDONLY) {
-		/* Shutting down log writer */
-		nilfs_detach_log_writer(sb);
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_RDONLY;
 
 		/*