diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2ac7f3a70719..bf456cf95c30 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4418e14112e3ca85e8492a4489a3552b0cc526a8
+refs/heads/master: 3ca841c106fd6cd2c942985977a5d126434a8dd6
diff --git a/trunk/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/trunk/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index cfbce48adc0b..44b429126258 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -427,13 +427,13 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_committing_transaction == NULL);
 
 	commit_transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
-	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_RUNNING);
 
 	trace_jbd2_start_commit(journal, commit_transaction);
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: starting commit of transaction %d\n",
 			commit_transaction->t_tid);
 
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_RUNNING);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
 	trace_jbd2_commit_locking(journal, commit_transaction);