diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f70c5541d718..ca89590d1df5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4678,8 +4678,10 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	if (!sbh || block_device_ejected(sb))
-		return error;
+	if (!sbh)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (block_device_ejected(sb))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the file system is mounted read-only, don't update the