diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6766e65ddd84..f98f5575c3a7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 27026a05bb805866a3b9068dda8153b72cb942f4
+refs/heads/master: 0523676d3f3aa7edeea63cc3a1bc4dc612380a26
diff --git a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index a059879667b1..83ac4d3b3cb0 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2009,10 +2009,11 @@ static int do_journal_release(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		destroy_workqueue(commit_wq);
 		commit_wq = NULL;
 	}
-	reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
 
 	free_journal_ram(sb);
 
+	reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
+
 	return 0;
 }