diff --git a/e2fsck/recovery.c b/e2fsck/recovery.c
index 8fdd9345..dae72398 100644
--- a/e2fsck/recovery.c
+++ b/e2fsck/recovery.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 	int			tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
 	__u32			crc32_sum = ~0; /* Transactional Checksums */
 	int			descr_csum_size = 0;
+	int			block_error = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * First thing is to establish what we expect to find in the log
@@ -598,7 +599,8 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 						       "checksum recovering "
 						       "block %llu in log\n",
 						       blocknr);
-						continue;
+						block_error = 1;
+						goto skip_write;
 					}
 
 					/* Find a buffer for the new
@@ -797,7 +799,8 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 				success = -EIO;
 		}
 	}
-
+	if (block_error && success == 0)
+		success = -EIO;
 	return success;
 
  failed: