diff --git a/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c b/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
index 8a028ec97a4..6284ce1e513 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
+++ b/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
@@ -423,13 +423,11 @@ checkfilesys(char *filesys)
 	 */
 	if ((sblock.fs_flags & FS_SUJ) == FS_SUJ) {
 		if ((sblock.fs_flags & FS_NEEDSFSCK) != FS_NEEDSFSCK && skipclean) {
-			if (preen || reply("USE JOURNAL")) {
-				if (suj_check(filesys) == 0) {
-					printf("\n***** FILE SYSTEM MARKED CLEAN *****\n");
-					if (chkdoreload(mntp) == 0)
-						exit(0);
-					exit(4);
-				}
+			if (suj_check(filesys) == 0) {
+				printf("\n***** FILE SYSTEM MARKED CLEAN *****\n");
+				if (chkdoreload(mntp) == 0)
+					exit(0);
+				exit(4);
 			}
 			printf("** Skipping journal, falling through to full fsck\n\n");
 		}
diff --git a/sbin/fsck_ffs/suj.c b/sbin/fsck_ffs/suj.c
index 0391f327c0f..be742e1b677 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck_ffs/suj.c
+++ b/sbin/fsck_ffs/suj.c
@@ -2720,6 +2720,8 @@ suj_check(const char *filesys)
 	printf("** SU+J Recovering %s\n", filesys);
 	if (suj_verifyino(jip) != 0)
 		return (-1);
+	if (!preen && !reply("USE JOURNAL"))
+		return (-1);
 	/*
 	 * Build a list of journal blocks in jblocks before parsing the
 	 * available journal blocks in with suj_read().