diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f5fcf32281d5..cafedc7c4e0b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0c8365ecc57f87e4d982c3fe59a4c1b985484e7f
+refs/heads/master: ef43bc4fc32bec8fda7bae8948b774616dc9e496
diff --git a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 3f17ef844fb6..4491fcf2a0e6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -3925,10 +3925,13 @@ static int do_journal_end(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		flush = 1;
 	}
 #ifdef REISERFS_PREALLOCATE
-	/* quota ops might need to nest, setup the journal_info pointer for them */
+	/* quota ops might need to nest, setup the journal_info pointer for them
+	 * and raise the refcount so that it is > 0. */
 	current->journal_info = th;
+	th->t_refcount++;
 	reiserfs_discard_all_prealloc(th);	/* it should not involve new blocks into
 						 * the transaction */
+	th->t_refcount--;
 	current->journal_info = th->t_handle_save;
 #endif