diff -Nru a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c     Wed Mar 27 10:07:02 2002
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c     Wed Mar 27 10:07:02 2002
@@ -1630,11 +1630,9 @@
}
static int journal_read(struct super_block *p_s_sb) {
  struct reiserfs_journal_desc *desc ;
-  unsigned long last_flush_trans_id = 0 ;
  unsigned long oldest_trans_id = 0;
  unsigned long oldest_invalid_trans_id = 0 ;
  time_t start ;
-  unsigned long last_flush_start = 0;
  unsigned long oldest_start = 0;
  unsigned long cur_dblock = 0 ;
  unsigned long newest_mount_id = 9 ;
@@ -1664,13 +1662,14 @@
  if (le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) >= 0 &&
      le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) < JOURNAL_BLOCK_COUNT &&
      le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id) > 0) {
-    last_flush_start = reiserfs_get_journal_block(p_s_sb) +
+    oldest_start = reiserfs_get_journal_block(p_s_sb) +
                       le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) ;
-    last_flush_trans_id = le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id) ;
+    oldest_trans_id = le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id) + 1;
+    newest_mount_id = le32_to_cpu(jh->j_mount_id);
    reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1153: found in "
                   "header: first_unflushed_offset %d, last_flushed_trans_id "
                  "%lu\n", le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset),
-                  last_flush_trans_id) ;
+                  le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id)) ;
    valid_journal_header = 1 ;

    /* now, we try to read the first unflushed offset.  If it is not valid,
@@ -1683,6 +1682,7 @@
      continue_replay = 0 ;
    }
    brelse(d_bh) ;
+    goto start_log_replay;
  }

  if (continue_replay && is_read_only(p_s_sb->s_dev)) {
@@ -1725,17 +1725,13 @@
                     "newest_mount_id to %d\n", le32_to_cpu(desc->j_mount_id));
      }
      cur_dblock += le32_to_cpu(desc->j_len) + 2 ;
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
      cur_dblock++ ;
    }
    brelse(d_bh) ;
  }
-  /* step three, starting at the oldest transaction, replay */
-  if (last_flush_start > 0) {
-    oldest_start = last_flush_start ;
-    oldest_trans_id = last_flush_trans_id + 1 ;
-  }
+
+start_log_replay:
  cur_dblock = oldest_start ;
  if (oldest_trans_id)  {
    reiserfs_debug(p_s_sb, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE, "journal-1206: Starting replay "