diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 4bdcf3784187863b0d7f2379981bc9aad1908495..32cc4fde975c2d74aa19d7134f61ed712a1599fa 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static void gfs2_ail_empty_gl(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	/* A shortened, inline version of gfs2_trans_begin() */
 	tr.tr_reserved = 1 + gfs2_struct2blk(sdp, tr.tr_revokes, sizeof(u64));
 	tr.tr_ip = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
+	sb_start_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 	gfs2_log_reserve(sdp, tr.tr_reserved);
 	BUG_ON(current->journal_info);
 	current->journal_info = &tr;