diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index c58a5111cb57..ad2d5faa2ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -2472,9 +2472,11 @@ static void do_journal_write(struct dm_integrity_c *ic, unsigned write_start,
 					dm_integrity_io_error(ic, "invalid sector in journal", -EIO);
 					sec &= ~(sector_t)(ic->sectors_per_block - 1);
 				}
+				if (unlikely(sec >= ic->provided_data_sectors)) {
+					journal_entry_set_unused(je);
+					continue;
+				}
 			}
-			if (unlikely(sec >= ic->provided_data_sectors))
-				continue;
 			get_area_and_offset(ic, sec, &area, &offset);
 			restore_last_bytes(ic, access_journal_data(ic, i, j), je);
 			for (k = j + 1; k < ic->journal_section_entries; k++) {