diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index a6c7ace9cfd1..3261478bfc32 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4034,7 +4034,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 				 "data=, fs mounted w/o journal");
 			goto failed_mount_wq;
 		}
-		sbi->s_def_mount_opt &= EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM;
+		sbi->s_def_mount_opt &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM;
 		clear_opt(sb, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
 		clear_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS);
 		sbi->s_journal = NULL;