diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index fbd2c56..67bb0a2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
 		       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		/* And try again, without the barrier */
 		lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "JBD2: %s: disabling barries on %s - not supported "
 		       "by device\n", __func__, journal->j_devname);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: starting commit of transaction %d\n",
 			commit_transaction->t_tid);
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
 	/*
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@
 					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
 			spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			schedule();
-			spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
 		}
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 	start_time = ktime_get();
 	commit_transaction->t_log_start = journal->j_head;
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@
 	 * transaction!  Now comes the tricky part: we need to write out
 	 * metadata.  Loop over the transaction's entire buffer list:
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	trace_jbd2_commit_logging(journal, commit_transaction);
 	stats.run.rs_logging = jiffies;
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
 	 * __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
 	 * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Now recheck if some buffers did not get attached to the transaction
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (commit_transaction->t_forget) {
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		goto restart_loop;
 	}
 
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@
 				journal->j_average_commit_time*3) / 4;
 	else
 		journal->j_average_commit_time = commit_time;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	if (commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL &&
 	    commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL) {