diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 34f5406c08da..0dac00954d25 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4178,7 +4178,7 @@ int ext4_calculate_overhead(struct super_block *sb)
 	else if (ext4_has_feature_journal(sb) && !sbi->s_journal && j_inum) {
 		/* j_inum for internal journal is non-zero */
 		j_inode = ext4_get_journal_inode(sb, j_inum);
-		if (j_inode) {
+		if (j_inode && !IS_ERR(j_inode)) {
 			j_blocks = j_inode->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 			overhead += EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, j_blocks);
 			iput(j_inode);