diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8337c4999f90..8a0af97e5d90 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6518,9 +6518,6 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 		goto restore_opts;
 	}
 
-	if (test_opt2(sb, ABORT))
-		ext4_abort(sb, ESHUTDOWN, "Abort forced by user");
-
 	sb->s_flags = (sb->s_flags & ~SB_POSIXACL) |
 		(test_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL) ? SB_POSIXACL : 0);
 
@@ -6689,6 +6686,14 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb) || sb_rdonly(sb))
 		ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle aborting the filesystem as the last thing during remount to
+	 * avoid obsure errors during remount when some option changes fail to
+	 * apply due to shutdown filesystem.
+	 */
+	if (test_opt2(sb, ABORT))
+		ext4_abort(sb, ESHUTDOWN, "Abort forced by user");
+
 	return 0;
 
 restore_opts: