diff --git a/fs/logfs/journal.c b/fs/logfs/journal.c
index 25b1345c4652..d57c7b07b60b 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/journal.c
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ void do_logfs_journal_wl_pass(struct super_block *sb)
 		logfs_set_segment_reserved(sb, segno);
 		err = btree_insert32(head, segno, (void *)1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		BUG_ON(err); /* mempool should prevent this */
+		err = logfs_erase_segment(sb, segno, 1);
+		BUG_ON(err); /* FIXME: remount-ro would be nicer */
 	}
 	/* Manually move journal_area */
 	freeseg(sb, area->a_segno);