diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 425b95a7a0ab6a86d6f540860e25c5df4c0d543f..c7bc4a2709cc251cf95b41d6c5c67b9b48b67d20 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6387,6 +6387,7 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	struct ext4_mount_options old_opts;
 	ext4_group_t g;
 	int err = 0;
+	int enable_rw = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	int enable_quota = 0;
 	int i, j;
@@ -6573,7 +6574,7 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 			if (err)
 				goto restore_opts;
 
-			sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY;
+			enable_rw = 1;
 			if (ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb)) {
 				err = ext4_multi_mount_protect(sb,
 						le64_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_block));
@@ -6632,6 +6633,9 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!test_opt(sb, BLOCK_VALIDITY) && sbi->s_system_blks)
 		ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
 
+	if (enable_rw)
+		sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY;
+
 	if (!ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb) || sb_rdonly(sb))
 		ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);