diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 7602783d7f41c9a01827f16446da43e036e6a7cb..46a1f6d7510405bf14a0dbc837d2585cfd64e75d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1971,6 +1971,7 @@ int ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int ret;
 
 	if ((cmd == OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP || cmd == OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP64) &&
 	    !ocfs2_writes_unwritten_extents(osb))
@@ -1985,7 +1986,12 @@ int ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	return __ocfs2_change_file_space(file, inode, file->f_pos, cmd, sr, 0);
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = __ocfs2_change_file_space(file, inode, file->f_pos, cmd, sr, 0);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static long ocfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
@@ -2261,7 +2267,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (iocb->ki_left == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	appending = file->f_flags & O_APPEND ? 1 : 0;
 	direct_io = file->f_flags & O_DIRECT ? 1 : 0;
@@ -2436,6 +2442,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (written)
 		ret = written;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index d96f7f81d8dd3257f49bb02885db296af22881cb..f20edcbfe700c83a12bb90b697535ea7a4435e98 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -928,7 +928,12 @@ long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (get_user(new_clusters, (int __user *)arg))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return ocfs2_group_extend(inode, new_clusters);
+		status = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+		status = ocfs2_group_extend(inode, new_clusters);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return status;
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD64:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
@@ -937,7 +942,12 @@ long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_from_user(&input, (int __user *) arg, sizeof(input)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
+		status = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+		status = ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return status;
 	case OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK:
 		if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args)))
 			return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 0a42ae96dca7d4a0f662505e0e51206895ce4156..2dd36af79e262f8de2051525e1baf8585786cba8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -355,11 +355,14 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int max_buffs)
 	if (journal_current_handle())
 		return jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 
+	sb_start_intwrite(osb->sb);
+
 	down_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
 	handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		up_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
+		sb_end_intwrite(osb->sb);
 
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(handle));
 
@@ -388,8 +391,10 @@ int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
-	if (!nested)
+	if (!nested) {
 		up_read(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
+		sb_end_intwrite(osb->sb);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 9cd41083e99123eca1c48085fb39809e6b906b40..d150372fd81da7967eb3a8f3d2a3b0d9c8c41c82 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static int ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	sigset_t oldset;
 	int ret;
 
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	ocfs2_block_signals(&oldset);
 
 	/*
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ static int ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }