diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 0bc333b..303ccd9 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@
 	jbd2_journal_head_cache = kmem_cache_create("jbd2_journal_head",
 				sizeof(struct journal_head),
 				0,		/* offset */
-				SLAB_TEMPORARY,	/* flags */
+				SLAB_TEMPORARY | SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
 				NULL);		/* ctor */
 	retval = 0;
 	if (!jbd2_journal_head_cache) {
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 1bbcf86..f3d0617 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -892,6 +892,12 @@
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "no transaction");
 		J_ASSERT_JH(jh, !jh->b_next_transaction);
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "file as BJ_Reserved");
+		/*
+		 * Make sure all stores to jh (b_modified, b_frozen_data) are
+		 * visible before attaching it to the running transaction.
+		 * Paired with barrier in jbd2_write_access_granted()
+		 */
+		smp_wmb();
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction, BJ_Reserved);
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
@@ -904,8 +910,7 @@
 	if (jh->b_frozen_data) {
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "has frozen data");
 		J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_next_transaction == NULL);
-		jh->b_next_transaction = transaction;
-		goto done;
+		goto attach_next;
 	}
 
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "owned by older transaction");
@@ -959,6 +964,13 @@
 		frozen_buffer = NULL;
 		jbd2_freeze_jh_data(jh);
 	}
+attach_next:
+	/*
+	 * Make sure all stores to jh (b_modified, b_frozen_data) are visible
+	 * before attaching it to the running transaction. Paired with barrier
+	 * in jbd2_write_access_granted()
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
 	jh->b_next_transaction = transaction;
 
 done:
@@ -978,6 +990,55 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+/* Fast check whether buffer is already attached to the required transaction */
+static bool jbd2_write_access_granted(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	struct journal_head *jh;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	/* Dirty buffers require special handling... */
+	if (buffer_dirty(bh))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * RCU protects us from dereferencing freed pages. So the checks we do
+	 * are guaranteed not to oops. However the jh slab object can get freed
+	 * & reallocated while we work with it. So we have to be careful. When
+	 * we see jh attached to the running transaction, we know it must stay
+	 * so until the transaction is committed. Thus jh won't be freed and
+	 * will be attached to the same bh while we run.  However it can
+	 * happen jh gets freed, reallocated, and attached to the transaction
+	 * just after we get pointer to it from bh. So we have to be careful
+	 * and recheck jh still belongs to our bh before we return success.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
+		goto out;
+	/* This should be bh2jh() but that doesn't work with inline functions */
+	jh = READ_ONCE(bh->b_private);
+	if (!jh)
+		goto out;
+	if (jh->b_transaction != handle->h_transaction &&
+	    jh->b_next_transaction != handle->h_transaction)
+		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * There are two reasons for the barrier here:
+	 * 1) Make sure to fetch b_bh after we did previous checks so that we
+	 * detect when jh went through free, realloc, attach to transaction
+	 * while we were checking. Paired with implicit barrier in that path.
+	 * 2) So that access to bh done after jbd2_write_access_granted()
+	 * doesn't get reordered and see inconsistent state of concurrent
+	 * do_get_write_access().
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (unlikely(jh->b_bh != bh))
+		goto out;
+	ret = true;
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * int jbd2_journal_get_write_access() - notify intent to modify a buffer for metadata (not data) update.
  * @handle: transaction to add buffer modifications to
@@ -991,9 +1052,13 @@
 
 int jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	struct journal_head *jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
+	struct journal_head *jh;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (jbd2_write_access_granted(handle, bh))
+		return 0;
+
+	jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
 	/* We do not want to get caught playing with fields which the
 	 * log thread also manipulates.  Make sure that the buffer
 	 * completes any outstanding IO before proceeding. */
@@ -1123,11 +1188,14 @@
 int jbd2_journal_get_undo_access(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct journal_head *jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
+	struct journal_head *jh;
 	char *committed_data = NULL;
 
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "entry");
+	if (jbd2_write_access_granted(handle, bh))
+		return 0;
 
+	jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
 	/*
 	 * Do this first --- it can drop the journal lock, so we want to
 	 * make sure that obtaining the committed_data is done