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diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 8f1f2aa5fb..8e08efcaed 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 		barrier_done = 1;
 	}
 	ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+	if (barrier_done)
+		clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
 	/* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
 	 * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
 	 * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
@@ -148,7 +150,6 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		/* And try again, without the barrier */
-		clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		set_buffer_dirty(bh);
 		ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ write_out_data:
 			put_bh(bh);
 		}
 
-		if (lock_need_resched(&journal->j_list_lock)) {
+		if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&journal->j_list_lock)) {
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			goto write_out_data;
 		}
@@ -858,10 +859,10 @@ restart_loop:
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	/*
-	 * This is a bit sleazy.  We borrow j_list_lock to protect
-	 * journal->j_committing_transaction in __journal_remove_checkpoint.
-	 * Really, __journal_remove_checkpoint should be using j_state_lock but
-	 * it's a bit hassle to hold that across __journal_remove_checkpoint
+	 * This is a bit sleazy.  We use j_list_lock to protect transition
+	 * of a transaction into T_FINISHED state and calling
+	 * __journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
+	 * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);