diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
index c065c0d01212..4a9eb9582b6e 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ int bch2_run_recovery_passes(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (should_run_recovery_pass(c, c->curr_recovery_pass)) {
 			unsigned pass = c->curr_recovery_pass;
 
-			ret = bch2_run_recovery_pass(c, c->curr_recovery_pass);
+			ret =   bch2_run_recovery_pass(c, c->curr_recovery_pass) ?:
+				bch2_journal_flush(&c->journal);
 			if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_restart_recovery) ||
 			    (ret && c->curr_recovery_pass < pass))
 				continue;