xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
                  "Disabling barriers, not supported with external log device");
                mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+               return;
        }
 
        if (mp->m_ddev_targp->pbr_bdev->bd_disk->queue->ordered ==
                xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
                  "Disabling barriers, not supported by the underlying device");
                mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+               return;
        }
 
        error = xfs_barrier_test(mp);
                xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
                  "Disabling barriers, trial barrier write failed");
                mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+               return;
        }
 }
 
 
                mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_NOUUID;
        if (ap->flags & XFSMNT_BARRIER)
                mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+       else
+               mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 
        return 0;
 }
        else
                mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_NOATIME;
 
+       if (args->flags & XFSMNT_BARRIER)
+               mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+       else
+               mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
+
        if ((vfsp->vfs_flag & VFS_RDONLY) &&
            !(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                vfsp->vfs_flag &= ~VFS_RDONLY;
 #define MNTOPT_NORECOVERY   "norecovery"   /* don't run XFS recovery */
 #define MNTOPT_BARRIER "barrier"       /* use writer barriers for log write and
                                         * unwritten extent conversion */
+#define MNTOPT_NOBARRIER "nobarrier"   /* .. disable */
 #define MNTOPT_OSYNCISOSYNC "osyncisosync" /* o_sync is REALLY o_sync */
 #define MNTOPT_64BITINODE   "inode64"  /* inodes can be allocated anywhere */
 #define MNTOPT_IKEEP   "ikeep"         /* do not free empty inode clusters */
 
        args->flags2 |= XFSMNT2_COMPAT_IOSIZE;
        args->flags |= XFSMNT_COMPAT_ATTR;
+       args->flags |= XFSMNT_BARRIER;
 
 #if 0  /* XXX: off by default, until some remaining issues ironed out */
        args->flags |= XFSMNT_IDELETE; /* default to on */
                        args->flags |= XFSMNT_NOUUID;
                } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_BARRIER)) {
                        args->flags |= XFSMNT_BARRIER;
+               } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NOBARRIER)) {
+                       args->flags &= ~XFSMNT_BARRIER;
                } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_IKEEP)) {
                        args->flags &= ~XFSMNT_IDELETE;
                } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NOIKEEP)) {
                { XFS_MOUNT_NOUUID,             "," MNTOPT_NOUUID },
                { XFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY,         "," MNTOPT_NORECOVERY },
                { XFS_MOUNT_OSYNCISOSYNC,       "," MNTOPT_OSYNCISOSYNC },
-               { XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER,            "," MNTOPT_BARRIER },
                { XFS_MOUNT_IDELETE,            "," MNTOPT_NOIKEEP },
                { 0, NULL }
        };
        if (!(vfsp->vfs_flag & VFS_32BITINODES))
                seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_64BITINODE);
 
+       if (!(vfsp->vfs_flag & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER))
+               seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_NOBARRIER);
+
        if (vfsp->vfs_flag & VFS_GRPID)
                seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_GRPID);