diff --git a/src/os/FileJournal.cc b/src/os/FileJournal.cc
index 4a2af08dd4c0a..287f4b6767174 100644
--- a/src/os/FileJournal.cc
+++ b/src/os/FileJournal.cc
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ int FileJournal::open(uint64_t fs_op_seq)
 {
   dout(2) << "open " << fn << " fsid " << fsid << " fs_op_seq " << fs_op_seq << dendl;
 
-  last_committed_seq = fs_op_seq;
   uint64_t next_seq = fs_op_seq + 1;
 
   int err = _open(false);
@@ -528,6 +527,11 @@ int FileJournal::open(uint64_t fs_op_seq)
   // find next entry
   read_pos = header.start;
   uint64_t seq = header.start_seq;
+
+  // last_committed_seq is 1 before the start of the journal or
+  // 0 if the start is 0
+  last_committed_seq = seq > 0 ? seq - 1 : seq;
+
   while (1) {
     bufferlist bl;
     off64_t old_pos = read_pos;
diff --git a/src/os/JournalingObjectStore.cc b/src/os/JournalingObjectStore.cc
index e662580ac42bf..4147ced8a3ab4 100644
--- a/src/os/JournalingObjectStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/JournalingObjectStore.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ int JournalingObjectStore::journal_replay(uint64_t fs_op_seq)
   // done reading, make writeable.
   journal->make_writeable();
 
+  journal->committed_thru(fs_op_seq);
+
   return count;
 }