1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index fe8521933243..1bd8d4acc6f2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -127,14 +127,29 @@ void __log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 
                 /*
                  * Test again, another process may have checkpointed while we
-                 * were waiting for the checkpoint lock
+                 * were waiting for the checkpoint lock. If there are no
+                 * outstanding transactions there is nothing to checkpoint and
+                 * we can't make progress. Abort the journal in this case.
                  */
                 spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                 nblocks = jbd_space_needed(journal);
                 if (__log_space_left(journal) < nblocks) {
+                        int chkpt = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != NULL;
+
+                        spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-                        log_do_checkpoint(journal);
+                        if (chkpt) {
+                                log_do_checkpoint(journal);
+                        } else {
+                                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no transactions\n",
+                                       __func__);
+                                journal_abort(journal, 0);
+                        }
+
                         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                } else {
+                        spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                 }
                 mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
         }