diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9953d80145ad..0435013dbd46 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1683,7 +1683,9 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
 			data_opt = EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA;
 		datacheck:
 			if (is_remount) {
-				if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) != data_opt) {
+				if (!sbi->s_journal)
+					ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Remounting file system with no journal so ignoring journalled data option");
+				else if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) != data_opt) {
 					ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 						"Cannot change data mode on remount");
 					return 0;