1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index a04707f740d6..038177cfabbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_items, unsigned int type,
         if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
                 return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 
-        if (current->journal_info) {
+        if (current->journal_info &&
+            current->journal_info != (void *)BTRFS_SEND_TRANS_STUB) {
                 WARN_ON(type & TRANS_EXTWRITERS);
                 h = current->journal_info;
                 h->use_count++;