--- linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c.orig      Tue Mar 12 15:25:27 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c   Tue Mar 12 15:26:47 2002
@@ -1958,8 +1958,7 @@
               SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE( super ) ?
               to_kdev_t(SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE( super )) : super -> s_dev;
       /* there is no "jdev" option and journal is on separate device */
-       if( ( !jdev_name || !jdev_name[ 0 ] ) &&
-           SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE( super ) ) {
+       if( ( !jdev_name || !jdev_name[ 0 ] ) ) {
               journal -> j_dev_bd = bdget( kdev_t_to_nr( jdev ) );
               if( journal -> j_dev_bd )
                       result = blkdev_get( journal -> j_dev_bd,
@@ -1974,9 +1973,6 @@
               return result;
       }

-       /* no "jdev" option and journal is on the host device */
-       if( !jdev_name || !jdev_name[ 0 ] )
-               return 0;
       journal -> j_dev_file = filp_open( jdev_name, 0, 0 );
       if( !IS_ERR( journal -> j_dev_file ) ) {
               struct inode *jdev_inode;