1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index adc08ec875ed..17159cacbd9e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
            safely remove this transaction from the log */
 
         __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
+        kfree(transaction);
 
         /* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
            checkpointed... */
@@ -756,5 +757,4 @@ void __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transact
         J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction != transaction);
 
         jbd_debug(1, "Dropping transaction %d, all done\n", transaction->t_tid);
-        kfree(transaction);
 }