diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 49cbe99ba3b9..7d66ab834e84 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d6f5b0aa08078c3dabe377d5b1a6077e9c9352d3
+refs/heads/master: c63e3c0b2498adec921b06c670d12c8c74b85538
diff --git a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index ffb7f50abc2f..e9a972bd0323 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -566,11 +566,9 @@ static inline void insert_journal_hash(struct reiserfs_journal_cnode **table,
 static inline void reiserfs_mutex_lock_safe(struct mutex *m,
 			       struct super_block *s)
 {
-	while (!mutex_trylock(m)) {
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
-		schedule();
-		reiserfs_write_lock(s);
-	}
+	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
+	mutex_lock(m);
+	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 }
 
 /* lock the current transaction */