diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
index cbd8779..4949fca 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
 			blocks.  That means, it is guaranteed that no
 			overtaking of events occurs in the recovered file
 			system after a crash.
+norecovery		Disable recovery of the filesystem on mount.
+			This disables every write access on the device for
+			read-only mounts or snapshots.  This option will fail
+			for r/w mounts on an unclean volume.
 
 NILFS2 usage
 ============
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 990ead4..5403b3e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@
 		seq_printf(seq, ",errors=panic");
 	if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, STRICT_ORDER))
 		seq_printf(seq, ",order=strict");
+	if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, NORECOVERY))
+		seq_printf(seq, ",norecovery");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	Opt_err_cont, Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro,
-	Opt_nobarrier, Opt_snapshot, Opt_order,
+	Opt_nobarrier, Opt_snapshot, Opt_order, Opt_norecovery,
 	Opt_err,
 };
 
@@ -558,6 +560,7 @@
 	{Opt_nobarrier, "nobarrier"},
 	{Opt_snapshot, "cp=%u"},
 	{Opt_order, "order=%s"},
+	{Opt_norecovery, "norecovery"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -608,6 +611,9 @@
 			sbi->s_snapshot_cno = option;
 			nilfs_set_opt(sbi, SNAPSHOT);
 			break;
+		case Opt_norecovery:
+			nilfs_set_opt(sbi, NORECOVERY);
+			break;
 		default:
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			       "NILFS: Unrecognized mount option \"%s\"\n", p);
@@ -863,6 +869,14 @@
 		goto restore_opts;
 	}
 
+	if (!nilfs_valid_fs(nilfs)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "NILFS (device %s): couldn't "
+		       "remount because the filesystem is in an "
+		       "incomplete recovery state.\n", sb->s_id);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto restore_opts;
+	}
+
 	if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) == (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		goto out;
 	if (*flags & MS_RDONLY) {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 890a8d3..6241e17 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -264,8 +264,14 @@
 	int valid_fs = nilfs_valid_fs(nilfs);
 	int err;
 
-	if (nilfs_loaded(nilfs))
-		return 0;
+	if (nilfs_loaded(nilfs)) {
+		if (valid_fs ||
+		    ((s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && nilfs_test_opt(sbi, NORECOVERY)))
+			return 0;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: the filesystem is in an incomplete "
+		       "recovery state.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (!valid_fs) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "NILFS warning: mounting unchecked fs\n");
@@ -295,6 +301,11 @@
 		goto skip_recovery;
 
 	if (s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
+		if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, NORECOVERY)) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO "NILFS: norecovery option specified. "
+			       "skipping roll-forward recovery\n");
+			goto skip_recovery;
+		}
 		if (really_read_only) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: write access "
 			       "unavailable, cannot proceed.\n");
@@ -302,6 +313,11 @@
 			goto failed_unload;
 		}
 		sbi->s_super->s_flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
+	} else if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, NORECOVERY)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: recovery cancelled because norecovery "
+		       "option was specified for a read/write mount\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto failed_unload;
 	}
 
 	err = nilfs_recover_logical_segments(nilfs, sbi, &ri);
diff --git a/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h b/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
index 72289d2..3fe02cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@
 #define NILFS_MOUNT_BARRIER		0x1000  /* Use block barriers */
 #define NILFS_MOUNT_STRICT_ORDER	0x2000  /* Apply strict in-order
 						   semantics also for data */
+#define NILFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY		0x4000  /* Disable write access during
+						   mount-time recovery */
 
 
 /**