diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 02bc8cb..301e1c2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;
 
+	/*
+	 * Protect us against freezing - iput() caller didn't have to have any
+	 * protection against it
+	 */
+	sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, PTR_ERR(handle));
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@
 		 * cleaned up.
 		 */
 		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+		sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
 
@@ -273,6 +279,7 @@
 		stop_handle:
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+			sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 			goto no_delete;
 		}
 	}
@@ -301,6 +308,7 @@
 	else
 		ext4_free_inode(handle, inode);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 	return;
 no_delete:
 	ext4_clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
@@ -4701,11 +4709,7 @@
 	get_block_t *get_block;
 	int retries = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * This check is racy but catches the common case. We rely on
-	 * __block_page_mkwrite() to do a reliable check.
-	 */
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	/* Delalloc case is easy... */
 	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC) &&
 	    !ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
@@ -4773,5 +4777,6 @@
 out_ret:
 	ret = block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 out:
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }