diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 4bbfb05aae58..cdf2a377d884 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -592,9 +592,6 @@ static void __save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
-	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
-	if (bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
-		return;
 	/* We default to EFSCORRUPTED error... */
 	if (error == 0)
 		error = EFSCORRUPTED;
@@ -647,13 +644,19 @@ static void save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
  * used to deal with unrecoverable failures such as journal IO errors or ENOMEM
  * at a critical moment in log management.
  */
-static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb, bool force_ro)
+static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb, bool force_ro, int error,
+			      __u32 ino, __u64 block,
+			      const char *func, unsigned int line)
 {
 	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
 
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 	if (test_opt(sb, WARN_ON_ERROR))
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 
+	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
+		save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
+
 	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || (!force_ro && test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)))
 		return;
 
@@ -710,8 +713,7 @@ void __ext4_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 		       sb->s_id, function, line, current->comm, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
-	save_error_info(sb, error, 0, block, function, line);
-	ext4_handle_error(sb, force_ro);
+	ext4_handle_error(sb, force_ro, error, 0, block, function, line);
 }
 
 void __ext4_error_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *function,
@@ -741,9 +743,8 @@ void __ext4_error_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *function,
 			       current->comm, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
-	save_error_info(inode->i_sb, error, inode->i_ino, block,
-			function, line);
-	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb, false);
+	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb, false, error, inode->i_ino, block,
+			  function, line);
 }
 
 void __ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
@@ -780,9 +781,8 @@ void __ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
 			       current->comm, path, &vaf);
 		va_end(args);
 	}
-	save_error_info(inode->i_sb, EFSCORRUPTED, inode->i_ino, block,
-			function, line);
-	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb, false);
+	ext4_handle_error(inode->i_sb, false, EFSCORRUPTED, inode->i_ino, block,
+			  function, line);
 }
 
 const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
@@ -849,8 +849,7 @@ void __ext4_std_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 		       sb->s_id, function, line, errstr);
 	}
 
-	save_error_info(sb, -errno, 0, 0, function, line);
-	ext4_handle_error(sb, false);
+	ext4_handle_error(sb, false, -errno, 0, 0, function, line);
 }
 
 void __ext4_msg(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -944,13 +943,14 @@ __acquires(bitlock)
 	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) {
 		if (test_opt(sb, WARN_ON_ERROR))
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 		__save_error_info(sb, EFSCORRUPTED, ino, block, function, line);
-		schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
+		if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
+			schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
 		return;
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, grp);
-	save_error_info(sb, EFSCORRUPTED, ino, block, function, line);
-	ext4_handle_error(sb, false);
+	ext4_handle_error(sb, false, EFSCORRUPTED, ino, block, function, line);
 	/*
 	 * We only get here in the ERRORS_RO case; relocking the group
 	 * may be dangerous, but nothing bad will happen since the