diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 8bfd56ef18ca..afc2d4f42d77 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1470,6 +1470,8 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_PANIC);
 	else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_RO)
 		set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO);
+	else
+		set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_CONT);
 
 	sbi->s_resuid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resuid);
 	sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid);