diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index a8173081f831..988fbec1143c 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -519,22 +519,6 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
 	jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
-	/*
-	 * First, drop modified flag: all accesses to the buffers
-	 * will be tracked for a new trasaction only -bzzz
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	if (commit_transaction->t_buffers) {
-		new_jh = jh = commit_transaction->t_buffers->b_tnext;
-		do {
-			J_ASSERT_JH(new_jh, new_jh->b_modified == 1 ||
-					new_jh->b_modified == 0);
-			new_jh->b_modified = 0;
-			new_jh = new_jh->b_tnext;
-		} while (new_jh != jh);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-
 	/*
 	 * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
 	 * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index b9b0b6f899b9..9dc71a6b62e6 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -617,6 +617,12 @@ repeat:
 	    jh->b_next_transaction == transaction)
 		goto done;
 
+	/*
+	 * this is the first time this transaction is touching this buffer,
+	 * reset the modified flag
+	 */
+       jh->b_modified = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * If there is already a copy-out version of this buffer, then we don't
 	 * need to make another one
@@ -829,9 +835,16 @@ int jbd2_journal_get_create_access(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 
 	if (jh->b_transaction == NULL) {
 		jh->b_transaction = transaction;
+
+		/* first access by this transaction */
+		jh->b_modified = 0;
+
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "file as BJ_Reserved");
 		__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction, BJ_Reserved);
 	} else if (jh->b_transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) {
+		/* first access by this transaction */
+		jh->b_modified = 0;
+
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "set next transaction");
 		jh->b_next_transaction = transaction;
 	}