diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 608db5820740..9fb3e6c0c578 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3486,6 +3486,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
 #endif
+	/* don't forget to enable journal_csum when metadata_csum is enabled. */
+	if (ext4_has_metadata_csum(sb))
+		set_opt(sb, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
+
 	if ((def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_JMODE) == EXT4_DEFM_JMODE_DATA)
 		set_opt(sb, JOURNAL_DATA);
 	else if ((def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_JMODE) == EXT4_DEFM_JMODE_ORDERED)