diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/partresize b/src/initscripts/system/partresize
index 832bc7237..df9c43991 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/partresize
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/partresize
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ case "${1}" in
 			# Azure and Google Compute Platform
 			if running_on_ec2 || running_on_oci || running_on_azure || running_on_gcp; then
 				scon="on"
+				journal="on"
 			fi
 
 			mount /boot > /dev/null
@@ -109,6 +110,18 @@ case "${1}" in
 						root_dev="${dev::-2}"
 					fi
 
+					# Check if the device support smart
+					smartctl --smart=on "${root_dev}" > /dev/null
+					if [ ${?} = 0 ]; then
+						journal="on"
+					fi
+
+					# Enable journal
+					if [ "${journal}" = "on" ]; then
+						boot_mesg "Create journal on "${dev}" ..."
+						tune2fs -O has_journal "${dev}"
+					fi
+
 					boot_mesg "Growing root partition to maximum size..."
 					echo -e ',+' | sfdisk --no-reread -f -N${part_num} "${root_dev}" 2>/dev/null