diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index a2ed72f7ceee..92b6ac3df8ab 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int ret;
 	int barrier_done = 0;
+	struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 		return 0;
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	tmp->h_magic = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_MAGIC_NUMBER);
 	tmp->h_blocktype = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_COMMIT_BLOCK);
 	tmp->h_sequence = cpu_to_be32(commit_transaction->t_tid);
+	tmp->h_commit_sec = cpu_to_be64(now.tv_sec);
+	tmp->h_commit_nsec = cpu_to_be32(now.tv_nsec);
 
 	if (JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				    JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index d147f0f90360..ec9cadf58227 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ struct commit_header {
 	unsigned char   h_chksum_size;
 	unsigned char 	h_padding[2];
 	__be32 		h_chksum[JBD2_CHECKSUM_BYTES];
+	__be64		h_commit_sec;
+	__be32		h_commit_nsec;
 };
 
 /*