diff -urN linux-2.6.11.orig/fs/reiserfs/journal.c linux-2.6.11/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- linux-2.6.11.orig/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	2005-04-18 13:55:44.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.11/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	2005-04-18 14:52:25.471889996 +0400
@@ -2323,6 +2323,7 @@
 	}
 	if( result != 0 ) {
 		release_journal_dev( super, journal );
+		return result;
 	}
 	reiserfs_info(super, "journal_init_dev: journal device: %s\n",
 		bdevname(journal->j_dev_bd, b));