diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 14bf440ea4df..6c4f78f473fb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1281,6 +1281,9 @@ static void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 * the journal is flushed before journal shutdown. Thus it is safe to
 	 * have inodes get cleaned up after journal shutdown.
 	 */
+	if (!osb->journal)
+		return;
+
 	jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(osb->journal->j_journal,
 				       &oi->ip_jinode);
 }