diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 6ee4a95f4934539b02c6b5dc8f4d35598e9bd2df..69a59d4580e995575bfd72942651100d8d76644f 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2147,12 +2147,14 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
 
 	journal_lock_updates(journal);
 	journal_flush(journal);
+	lock_super(sb);
 	if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
 	    sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		sb->s_dirt = 0;
 		ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	journal_unlock_updates(journal);
 }
 
@@ -2341,7 +2343,13 @@ static int ext3_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
 			    (sbi->s_mount_state & EXT3_VALID_FS))
 				es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
 
+			/*
+			 * We have to unlock super so that we can wait for
+			 * transactions.
+			 */
+			unlock_super(sb);
 			ext3_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
+			lock_super(sb);
 		} else {
 			__le32 ret;
 			if ((ret = EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,