1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 2e06f124f284..073c2368f459 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
         struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
         struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
         struct btrfs_root *root = fs_info->tree_root;
-        int ret;
 
         trace_btrfs_sync_fs(wait);
 
@@ -824,11 +823,17 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 
         btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0, 0);
 
-        trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+        spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+        if (!fs_info->running_transaction) {
+                spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+                return 0;
+        }
+        spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+
+        trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
         if (IS_ERR(trans))
                 return PTR_ERR(trans);
-        ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-        return ret;
+        return btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)