diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index 8ddaebebd48..a2faa9f878a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ config EXT4_WRITE
 	help
 	  This provides support for creating and writing new files to an
 	  existing ext4 filesystem partition.
+
+config EXT4_MAX_JOURNAL_ENTRIES
+	int "Maximum numbers of journal entries for ext4 filesystem"
+	default 100
+	depends on EXT4_WRITE
+	help
+	  This provides support for allocating the maximum number of
+	  journal entries in disks formatted with ext4 filesysyem.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_journal.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_journal.h
index 43fb8e76641..a492df49fbe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_journal.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_journal.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define EXT3_JOURNAL_FLAG_LAST_TAG	8
 
 /* Maximum entries in 1 journal transaction */
-#define MAX_JOURNAL_ENTRIES 100
+#define MAX_JOURNAL_ENTRIES CONFIG_EXT4_MAX_JOURNAL_ENTRIES
 struct journal_log {
 	char *buf;
 	int blknr;