diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 18a493fc6a3d..02236f298de9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/part_stat.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "ext4_extents.h"	/* Needed for trace points definition */
@@ -699,6 +700,7 @@ void __ext4_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 		       sb->s_id, function, line, current->comm, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
+	fsnotify_sb_error(sb, NULL, error ? error : EFSCORRUPTED);
 	save_error_info(sb, error, 0, block, function, line);
 	ext4_handle_error(sb);
 }
@@ -730,6 +732,7 @@ void __ext4_error_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *function,
 			       current->comm, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
+	fsnotify_sb_error(inode->i_sb, inode, error ? error : EFSCORRUPTED);
 	save_error_info(inode->i_sb, error, inode->i_ino, block,
 			function, line);
 	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb);
@@ -769,6 +772,7 @@ void __ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
 			       current->comm, path, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
+	fsnotify_sb_error(inode->i_sb, inode, EFSCORRUPTED);
 	save_error_info(inode->i_sb, EFSCORRUPTED, inode->i_ino, block,
 			function, line);
 	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb);
@@ -837,7 +841,7 @@ void __ext4_std_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "EXT4-fs error (device %s) in %s:%d: %s\n",
 		       sb->s_id, function, line, errstr);
 	}
-
+	fsnotify_sb_error(sb, NULL, errno ? errno : EFSCORRUPTED);
 	save_error_info(sb, -errno, 0, 0, function, line);
 	ext4_handle_error(sb);
 }
@@ -861,6 +865,7 @@ void __ext4_abort(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(sb))))
 		return;
 
+	fsnotify_sb_error(sb, NULL, error ? error : EFSCORRUPTED);
 	save_error_info(sb, error, 0, 0, function, line);
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;