1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index c6a22d783c35..e3a1b0c2394c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1480,14 +1480,12 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
          * the current transaction, we can bail out now without any
          * syncing
          */
-        mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
+        smp_mb();
         if (BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans <=
             root->fs_info->last_trans_committed) {
                 BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans = 0;
-                mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
                 goto out;
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
 
         /*
          * ok we haven't committed the transaction yet, lets do a commit