diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 5120243024fb..ac97348f85b5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2397,6 +2397,20 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	 */
 	if (!mapping->nrpages || !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
 		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the filesystem has aborted, it is read-only, so return
+	 * right away instead of dumping stack traces later on that
+	 * will obscure the real source of the problem.  We test
+	 * EXT4_MOUNT_ABORT instead of sb->s_flag's MS_RDONLY because
+	 * the latter could be true if the filesystem is mounted
+	 * read-only, and in that case, ext4_da_writepages should
+	 * *never* be called, so if that ever happens, we would want
+	 * the stack trace.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_ABORT))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure nr_to_write is >= sbi->s_mb_stream_request
 	 * This make sure small files blocks are allocated in
@@ -2441,7 +2455,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
-			printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: jbd2_start: "
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "%s: jbd2_start: "
 			       "%ld pages, ino %lu; err %d\n", __func__,
 				wbc->nr_to_write, inode->i_ino, ret);
 			dump_stack();