diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 188f79d76988..2dc944442802 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1869,9 +1869,7 @@ static int load_superblock(journal_t *journal)
 
 	if (jbd2_has_feature_fast_commit(journal)) {
 		journal->j_fc_last = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_maxlen);
-		num_fc_blocks = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_num_fc_blks);
-		if (!num_fc_blocks)
-			num_fc_blocks = JBD2_MIN_FC_BLOCKS;
+		num_fc_blocks = jbd2_journal_get_num_fc_blks(sb);
 		if (journal->j_last - num_fc_blocks >= JBD2_MIN_JOURNAL_BLOCKS)
 			journal->j_last = journal->j_fc_last - num_fc_blocks;
 		journal->j_fc_first = journal->j_last + 1;
@@ -2102,9 +2100,7 @@ jbd2_journal_initialize_fast_commit(journal_t *journal)
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 	unsigned long long num_fc_blks;
 
-	num_fc_blks = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_num_fc_blks);
-	if (num_fc_blks == 0)
-		num_fc_blks = JBD2_MIN_FC_BLOCKS;
+	num_fc_blks = jbd2_journal_get_num_fc_blks(sb);
 	if (journal->j_last - num_fc_blks < JBD2_MIN_JOURNAL_BLOCKS)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index d2a4860feb72..99d3cd051ac3 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ extern void *jbd2_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 extern void jbd2_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
 
 #define JBD2_MIN_JOURNAL_BLOCKS 1024
-#define JBD2_MIN_FC_BLOCKS	256
+#define JBD2_DEFAULT_FAST_COMMIT_BLOCKS 256
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
@@ -1692,6 +1692,13 @@ static inline int jbd2_journal_has_csum_v2or3(journal_t *journal)
 	return journal->j_chksum_driver != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline int jbd2_journal_get_num_fc_blks(journal_superblock_t *jsb)
+{
+	int num_fc_blocks = be32_to_cpu(jsb->s_num_fc_blks);
+
+	return num_fc_blocks ? num_fc_blocks : JBD2_DEFAULT_FAST_COMMIT_BLOCKS;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return number of free blocks in the log. Must be called under j_state_lock.
  */