diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index a87a39f028b9646500e25f4e35c42a4c93595330..b7e1a2bdd7fbd87b04588c6bb8bd842c2a254cc4 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_try_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 
+	if (jh->b_transaction)
+		return -EBUSY;
 	if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
 		return -EBUSY;
 	if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {