diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index 77b7662b840b..c6ec66fd8766 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -490,23 +490,21 @@ void journal_unlock_updates (journal_t *journal)
  */
 static void jbd_unexpected_dirty_buffer(struct journal_head *jh)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 	int jlist;
 
-	if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-		/* If this buffer is one which might reasonably be dirty
-		 * --- ie. data, or not part of this journal --- then
-		 * we're OK to leave it alone, but otherwise we need to
-		 * move the dirty bit to the journal's own internal
-		 * JBDDirty bit. */
-		jlist = jh->b_jlist;
+	/* If this buffer is one which might reasonably be dirty
+	 * --- ie. data, or not part of this journal --- then
+	 * we're OK to leave it alone, but otherwise we need to
+	 * move the dirty bit to the journal's own internal
+	 * JBDDirty bit. */
+	jlist = jh->b_jlist;
 
-		if (jlist == BJ_Metadata || jlist == BJ_Reserved || 
-		    jlist == BJ_Shadow || jlist == BJ_Forget) {
-			if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(jh2bh(jh))) {
-				set_bit(BH_JBDDirty, &jh2bh(jh)->b_state);
-			}
-		}
+	if (jlist == BJ_Metadata || jlist == BJ_Reserved ||
+	    jlist == BJ_Shadow || jlist == BJ_Forget) {
+		struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
+
+		if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh))
+			set_buffer_jbddirty(bh);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -574,9 +572,14 @@ repeat:
 			if (jh->b_next_transaction)
 				J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_next_transaction ==
 							transaction);
-			JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "Unexpected dirty buffer");
-			jbd_unexpected_dirty_buffer(jh);
- 		}
+		}
+		/*
+		 * In any case we need to clean the dirty flag and we must
+		 * do it under the buffer lock to be sure we don't race
+		 * with running write-out.
+		 */
+		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "Unexpected dirty buffer");
+		jbd_unexpected_dirty_buffer(jh);
  	}
 
 	unlock_buffer(bh);