diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index e5db948daa12..45809f75692e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -3849,6 +3849,7 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_device *dev;
 	unsigned int nofs_flag;
+	bool need_commit = false;
 
 	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info))
 		return -EAGAIN;
@@ -3961,6 +3962,12 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	 */
 	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	if (!is_dev_replace) {
+		u64 old_super_errors;
+
+		spin_lock(&sctx->stat_lock);
+		old_super_errors = sctx->stat.super_errors;
+		spin_unlock(&sctx->stat_lock);
+
 		btrfs_info(fs_info, "scrub: started on devid %llu", devid);
 		/*
 		 * by holding device list mutex, we can
@@ -3969,6 +3976,16 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 		ret = scrub_supers(sctx, dev);
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+
+		spin_lock(&sctx->stat_lock);
+		/*
+		 * Super block errors found, but we can not commit transaction
+		 * at current context, since btrfs_commit_transaction() needs
+		 * to pause the current running scrub (hold by ourselves).
+		 */
+		if (sctx->stat.super_errors > old_super_errors && !sctx->readonly)
+			need_commit = true;
+		spin_unlock(&sctx->stat_lock);
 	}
 
 	if (!ret)
@@ -3995,6 +4012,25 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
 	scrub_put_ctx(sctx);
 
+	/*
+	 * We found some super block errors before, now try to force a
+	 * transaction commit, as scrub has finished.
+	 */
+	if (need_commit) {
+		struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+
+		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(fs_info->tree_root, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+			btrfs_err(fs_info,
+	"scrub: failed to start transaction to fix super block errors: %d", ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			btrfs_err(fs_info,
+	"scrub: failed to commit transaction to fix super block errors: %d", ret);
+	}
 	return ret;
 out:
 	scrub_workers_put(fs_info);