diff --git a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
index 968f163b5feb..66146a711871 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ int ext4_check_blockref(const char *function, unsigned int line,
 	__le32 *bref = p;
 	unsigned int blk;
 
+	if (ext4_has_feature_journal(inode->i_sb) &&
+	(inode->i_ino ==
+		le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_journal_inum)))
+	return 0;
+
 	while (bref < p+max) {
 		blk = le32_to_cpu(*bref++);
 		if (blk &&