diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 342394772b6c..6297c07c937f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1525,8 +1525,6 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super_block *sb, char *opt, int token,
 			arg = JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE;
 		sbi->s_commit_interval = HZ * arg;
 	} else if (token == Opt_max_batch_time) {
-		if (arg == 0)
-			arg = EXT4_DEF_MAX_BATCH_TIME;
 		sbi->s_max_batch_time = arg;
 	} else if (token == Opt_min_batch_time) {
 		sbi->s_min_batch_time = arg;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 38cfcf5f6fce..6f0f590cc5a3 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1588,9 +1588,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	 * to perform a synchronous write.  We do this to detect the
 	 * case where a single process is doing a stream of sync
 	 * writes.  No point in waiting for joiners in that case.
+	 *
+	 * Setting max_batch_time to 0 disables this completely.
 	 */
 	pid = current->pid;
-	if (handle->h_sync && journal->j_last_sync_writer != pid) {
+	if (handle->h_sync && journal->j_last_sync_writer != pid &&
+	    journal->j_max_batch_time) {
 		u64 commit_time, trans_time;
 
 		journal->j_last_sync_writer = pid;