diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 2d5095e..5b506e5 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -677,6 +677,10 @@
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);
+	commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT_DFLUSH;
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	/* 
 	 * If the journal is not located on the file system device,
 	 * then we must flush the file system device before we issue
@@ -804,6 +808,10 @@
 		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, err);
 
 	jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 5\n");
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT_DFLUSH);
+	commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT_JFLUSH;
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	if (!JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
@@ -959,7 +967,7 @@
 
 	jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 7\n");
 
-	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);
+	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT_JFLUSH);
 
 	commit_transaction->t_start = jiffies;
 	stats.run.rs_logging = jbd2_time_diff(stats.run.rs_logging,
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index cd2d341..9a78269 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -588,6 +588,47 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Return 1 if a given transaction has not yet sent barrier request
+ * connected with a transaction commit. If 0 is returned, transaction
+ * may or may not have sent the barrier. Used to avoid sending barrier
+ * twice in common cases.
+ */
+int jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	transaction_t *commit_trans;
+
+	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+		return 0;
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	/* Transaction already committed? */
+	if (tid_geq(journal->j_commit_sequence, tid))
+		goto out;
+	commit_trans = journal->j_committing_transaction;
+	if (!commit_trans || commit_trans->t_tid != tid) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Transaction is being committed and we already proceeded to
+	 * submitting a flush to fs partition?
+	 */
+	if (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) {
+		if (!commit_trans->t_need_data_flush ||
+		    commit_trans->t_state >= T_COMMIT_DFLUSH)
+			goto out;
+	} else {
+		if (commit_trans->t_state >= T_COMMIT_JFLUSH)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	ret = 1;
+out:
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier);
+
+/*
  * Wait for a specified commit to complete.
  * The caller may not hold the journal lock.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 4d57955..4ecb7b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -529,9 +529,10 @@
 	enum {
 		T_RUNNING,
 		T_LOCKED,
-		T_RUNDOWN,
 		T_FLUSH,
 		T_COMMIT,
+		T_COMMIT_DFLUSH,
+		T_COMMIT_JFLUSH,
 		T_FINISHED
 	}			t_state;
 
@@ -1230,6 +1231,7 @@
 int jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(journal_t *journal);
 int jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid);
 int jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal);
+int jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid);
 
 void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal);
 extern void __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *, transaction_t *);