diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a4fad06058c2..0dcfcafa1d91 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9b90e5e02896406a6da28a376568003d14c06770
+refs/heads/master: 9837d8e982b7e87a7207f90618e45d460e196e6a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/trunk/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index a0e41a4c080e..35ae096bed5d 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -517,12 +517,13 @@ void jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal_t *journal)
 			break;
 
 		spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
+		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
+				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (!atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates)) {
 			spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
+			finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
 			break;
 		}
-		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
-				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		schedule();