diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index 833c167..006f9ad 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@
 		  __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);
@@ -293,9 +295,6 @@
 		handle = ERR_PTR(err);
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
-
 out:
 	return handle;
 }
@@ -417,6 +416,7 @@
 	__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;