diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 774f3ba..db91754 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -4295,14 +4295,15 @@
 	return journal->j_errno;
 }
 
-static void __reiserfs_journal_abort_hard(struct super_block *sb)
+/* Send the file system read only and refuse new transactions */
+void reiserfs_abort_journal(struct super_block *sb, int errno)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_journal *journal = SB_JOURNAL(sb);
 	if (test_bit(J_ABORTED, &journal->j_state))
 		return;
 
-	printk(KERN_CRIT "REISERFS: Aborting journal for filesystem on %s\n",
-	       reiserfs_bdevname(sb));
+	if (!journal->j_errno)
+		journal->j_errno = errno;
 
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	set_bit(J_ABORTED, &journal->j_state);
@@ -4312,19 +4313,3 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-static void __reiserfs_journal_abort_soft(struct super_block *sb, int errno)
-{
-	struct reiserfs_journal *journal = SB_JOURNAL(sb);
-	if (test_bit(J_ABORTED, &journal->j_state))
-		return;
-
-	if (!journal->j_errno)
-		journal->j_errno = errno;
-
-	__reiserfs_journal_abort_hard(sb);
-}
-
-void reiserfs_journal_abort(struct super_block *sb, int errno)
-{
-	__reiserfs_journal_abort_soft(sb, errno);
-}
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
index 1964acb..84f3f69 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 	       error_buf);
 
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-	reiserfs_journal_abort(sb, errno);
+	reiserfs_abort_journal(sb, errno);
 }
 
 /* this prints internal nodes (4 keys/items in line) (dc_number,
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index 04bfd61..d097966 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
 		  struct super_block *p_s_sb, unsigned long);
 int journal_join_abort(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *,
 		       struct super_block *p_s_sb, unsigned long);
-void reiserfs_journal_abort(struct super_block *sb, int errno);
+void reiserfs_abort_journal(struct super_block *sb, int errno);
 void reiserfs_abort(struct super_block *sb, int errno, const char *fmt, ...);
 int reiserfs_allocate_list_bitmaps(struct super_block *s,
 				   struct reiserfs_list_bitmap *, unsigned int);