diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 9cfe9c379c3f..1745cf7ea005 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -2067,10 +2067,7 @@ retry:
 	/* Release s_umount to preserve sb_start_write -> s_umount ordering */
 	super_unlock_excl(sb);
 	sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-	if (!super_lock_excl(sb)) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE("Dying superblock while freezing!");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	__super_lock_excl(sb);
 
 	/* Now we go and block page faults... */
 	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT;