diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 4516a87ca55c3c2fb4867ed7465ceaf272daac9c..a0512700542f3fd93c768dde727e23f77a5e3597 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle)
 		  __jbd2_log_space_left(journal));
 	spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
 out:
 	if (unlikely(new_transaction))		/* It's usually NULL */
 		kfree(new_transaction);
@@ -303,8 +305,6 @@ handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
 		handle = ERR_PTR(err);
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
 out:
 	return handle;
 }
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 	__jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, transaction->t_tid);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
+	lock_map_release(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
 	handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks;
 	ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle);
 	return ret;