diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 73d6a735b8f311cc62fe5b22c626a7a4baa9c452..d11d0289f3d24bf9489acba6059c5d8ada9eda52 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (!sb)
 		goto out;
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
-		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
+		sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
+		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
 		return sb;
 	}
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
 	BUG_ON(sb->s_bdev != bdev);
 	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
-		goto out_deactivate;
+		goto out_unfrozen;
 
 	if (sb->s_op->unfreeze_fs) {
 		error = sb->s_op->unfreeze_fs(sb);
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
 		}
 	}
 
+out_unfrozen:
 	sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
 	smp_wmb();
 	wake_up(&sb->s_wait_unfrozen);
 
-out_deactivate:
 	if (sb)
 		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 out_unlock: