diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 4227dc4..8c44654 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -417,12 +417,12 @@
  * journal_clean_one_cp_list
  *
  * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list and
- * release them.
+ * release them. If 'destroy' is set, clean all buffers unconditionally.
  *
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  * Returns 1 if we freed the transaction, 0 otherwise.
  */
-static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh)
+static int journal_clean_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh, bool destroy)
 {
 	struct journal_head *last_jh;
 	struct journal_head *next_jh = jh;
@@ -436,7 +436,10 @@
 	do {
 		jh = next_jh;
 		next_jh = jh->b_cpnext;
-		ret = __try_to_free_cp_buf(jh);
+		if (!destroy)
+			ret = __try_to_free_cp_buf(jh);
+		else
+			ret = __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh) + 1;
 		if (!ret)
 			return freed;
 		if (ret == 2)
@@ -459,10 +462,11 @@
  * journal_clean_checkpoint_list
  *
  * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the journal and release them.
+ * If 'destroy' is set, release all buffers unconditionally.
  *
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  */
-void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
+void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, bool destroy)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction, *last_transaction, *next_transaction;
 	int ret;
@@ -476,7 +480,8 @@
 	do {
 		transaction = next_transaction;
 		next_transaction = transaction->t_cpnext;
-		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list);
+		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list,
+						destroy);
 		/*
 		 * This function only frees up some memory if possible so we
 		 * dont have an obligation to finish processing. Bail out if
@@ -492,7 +497,7 @@
 		 * we can possibly see not yet submitted buffers on io_list
 		 */
 		ret = journal_clean_one_cp_list(transaction->
-				t_checkpoint_io_list);
+				t_checkpoint_io_list, destroy);
 		if (need_resched())
 			return;
 		/*
@@ -506,6 +511,28 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Remove buffers from all checkpoint lists as journal is aborted and we just
+ * need to free memory
+ */
+void jbd2_journal_destroy_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We loop because __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list() may abort
+	 * early due to a need of rescheduling.
+	 */
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+		if (!journal->j_checkpoint_transactions) {
+			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+			break;
+		}
+		__jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal, true);
+		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+}
+
+/*
  * journal_remove_checkpoint: called after a buffer has been committed
  * to disk (either by being write-back flushed to disk, or being
  * committed to the log).