diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 7c068c1..6494c81 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <trace/events/jbd2.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 
 /*
  * Default IO end handler for temporary BJ_IO buffer_heads.
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
 		mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
-		jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
+		set_bit(__JI_COMMIT_RUNNING, &jinode->i_flags);
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		/*
 		 * submit the inode data buffers. We use writepage
@@ -251,7 +253,8 @@
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
 		commit_transaction->t_flushed_data_blocks = 1;
-		jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
+		clear_bit(__JI_COMMIT_RUNNING, &jinode->i_flags);
+		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
 		wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@
 	/* For locking, see the comment in journal_submit_data_buffers() */
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
-		jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
+		set_bit(__JI_COMMIT_RUNNING, &jinode->i_flags);
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		err = filemap_fdatawait(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping);
 		if (err) {
@@ -288,7 +291,8 @@
 				ret = err;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
+		clear_bit(__JI_COMMIT_RUNNING, &jinode->i_flags);
+		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
 		wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
 	}