diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b2e9e0f3cf10..0bb0157a4609 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 92295d8054289eff0d52b4d12349f9b9df0f58e4
+refs/heads/master: 0879c584ffcccd50a8d0f72cab3a51702613f901
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 7e5f7ce4761b..0e1250c2ef44 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -193,11 +193,15 @@ int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 
 	mlog(0, "Trying to extend transaction by %d blocks\n", nblocks);
 
+#ifdef OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
+	status = 1;
+#else
 	status = journal_extend(handle, nblocks);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	if (status > 0) {
 		mlog(0, "journal_extend failed, trying journal_restart\n");