diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
index 51c2fa09d951..0f4ad9e64ad1 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ int bch2_set_nr_journal_buckets(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int bch2_dev_journal_alloc(struct bch_dev *ca)
+int bch2_dev_journal_alloc(struct bch_dev *ca, bool new_fs)
 {
 	unsigned nr;
 	int ret;
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ int bch2_dev_journal_alloc(struct bch_dev *ca)
 		     min(1 << 13,
 			 (1 << 24) / ca->mi.bucket_size));
 
-	ret = __bch2_set_nr_journal_buckets(ca, nr, true, NULL);
+	ret = __bch2_set_nr_journal_buckets(ca, nr, new_fs, NULL);
 err:
 	bch_err_fn(ca, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ int bch2_fs_journal_alloc(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (ca->journal.nr)
 			continue;
 
-		int ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca);
+		int ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca, true);
 		if (ret) {
 			percpu_ref_put(&ca->io_ref);
 			return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal.h b/fs/bcachefs/journal.h
index fd1f7cdaa8bc..bc6b9c39dcb4 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal.h
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ bool bch2_journal_seq_pins_to_text(struct printbuf *, struct journal *, u64 *);
 
 int bch2_set_nr_journal_buckets(struct bch_fs *, struct bch_dev *,
 				unsigned nr);
-int bch2_dev_journal_alloc(struct bch_dev *);
+int bch2_dev_journal_alloc(struct bch_dev *, bool);
 int bch2_fs_journal_alloc(struct bch_fs *);
 
 void bch2_dev_journal_stop(struct journal *, struct bch_dev *);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index 24953cd9bbbc..da735608d47c 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ int bch2_dev_add(struct bch_fs *c, const char *path)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca);
+	ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca, true);
 	bch_err_msg(c, ret, "allocating journal");
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ int bch2_dev_online(struct bch_fs *c, const char *path)
 	}
 
 	if (!ca->journal.nr) {
-		ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca);
+		ret = bch2_dev_journal_alloc(ca, false);
 		bch_err_msg(ca, ret, "allocating journal");
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;