1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index b71b3385fdbd..fa0bcac5ceae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -560,7 +560,11 @@ int ocfs2_journal_init(struct ocfs2_journal *journal, int *dirty)
         SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
         OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_count++;
 
-        status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &bh, 1);
+        /* Skip recovery waits here - journal inode metadata never
+         * changes in a live cluster so it can be considered an
+         * exception to the rule. */
+        status = ocfs2_meta_lock_full(inode, NULL, &bh, 1,
+                                      OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY);
         if (status < 0) {
                 if (status != -ERESTARTSYS)
                         mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not get lock on journal!\n");