diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index cac6ea956659..07d73fb22b60 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void __ext4_abort(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 			jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
 		save_error_info(sb, function, line);
 	}
-	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC)) {
+	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC) && !system_going_down()) {
 		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal &&
 		  !(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal->j_flags & JBD2_REC_ERR))
 			return;