diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 4305a1ac808a..9153ff3a08e7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -662,10 +662,6 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "ph3: write metadata");
 		escape = jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(commit_transaction,
 						jh, &wbuf[bufs], blocknr);
-		if (escape < 0) {
-			jbd2_journal_abort(journal, escape);
-			continue;
-		}
 		jbd2_file_log_bh(&io_bufs, wbuf[bufs]);
 
 		/* Record the new block's tag in the current descriptor
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 97f487c3d8fc..29d30eddf727 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ static inline void jbd2_data_do_escape(char *data)
  *
  *
  * Return value:
- *  <0: Error
  *  =0: Finished OK without escape
  *  =1: Finished OK with escape
  */
@@ -386,12 +385,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 			goto escape_done;
 
 		spin_unlock(&jh_in->b_state_lock);
-		tmp = jbd2_alloc(bh_in->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!tmp) {
-			brelse(new_bh);
-			free_buffer_head(new_bh);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		tmp = jbd2_alloc(bh_in->b_size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 		spin_lock(&jh_in->b_state_lock);
 		if (jh_in->b_frozen_data) {
 			jbd2_free(tmp, bh_in->b_size);