diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 01c9e4f743ba..385f4ae71573 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4912,7 +4912,7 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 		goto bad_inode;
 	} else if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		/* validate the block references in the inode */
-		if (!(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_FC_REPLAY) &&
+		if (!(journal && EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_FC_REPLAY) &&
 			(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
 			(S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) &&
 			!ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)))) {