diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 18eaa78ecb4e..e5717a4fae67 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ void ext3_abort (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ERROR_FS;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= EXT3_MOUNT_ABORT;
-	journal_abort(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
+	if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal)
+		journal_abort(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
 }
 
 void ext3_warning (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
@@ -390,11 +391,14 @@ static void ext3_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 {
 	struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
 	struct ext3_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	ext3_xattr_put_super(sb);
-	if (journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal) < 0)
+	err = journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
+	sbi->s_journal = NULL;
+	if (err < 0)
 		ext3_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index b9821be709bd..d2003cdc36aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -589,21 +589,23 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return;
 }
 
-int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
-						s64 nblocks)
+/**
+ * ext4_has_free_blocks()
+ * @sbi:	in-core super block structure.
+ * @nblocks:	number of needed blocks
+ *
+ * Check if filesystem has nblocks free & available for allocation.
+ * On success return 1, return 0 on failure.
+ */
+int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks)
 {
-	s64 free_blocks, dirty_blocks;
-	s64 root_blocks = 0;
+	s64 free_blocks, dirty_blocks, root_blocks;
 	struct percpu_counter *fbc = &sbi->s_freeblocks_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter *dbc = &sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter;
 
 	free_blocks  = percpu_counter_read_positive(fbc);
 	dirty_blocks = percpu_counter_read_positive(dbc);
-
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
-		sbi->s_resuid != current->fsuid &&
-		(sbi->s_resgid == 0 || !in_group_p(sbi->s_resgid)))
-		root_blocks = ext4_r_blocks_count(sbi->s_es);
+	root_blocks = ext4_r_blocks_count(sbi->s_es);
 
 	if (free_blocks - (nblocks + root_blocks + dirty_blocks) <
 						EXT4_FREEBLOCKS_WATERMARK) {
@@ -616,57 +618,32 @@ int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
 		}
 	}
 	/* Check whether we have space after
-	 * accounting for current dirty blocks
+	 * accounting for current dirty blocks & root reserved blocks.
 	 */
-	if (free_blocks < ((root_blocks + nblocks) + dirty_blocks))
-		/* we don't have free space */
-		return -ENOSPC;
+	if (free_blocks >= ((root_blocks + nblocks) + dirty_blocks))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Hm, nope.  Are (enough) root reserved blocks available? */
+	if (sbi->s_resuid == current->fsuid ||
+	    ((sbi->s_resgid != 0) && in_group_p(sbi->s_resgid)) ||
+	    capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
+		if (free_blocks >= (nblocks + dirty_blocks))
+			return 1;
+	}
 
-	/* Add the blocks to nblocks */
-	percpu_counter_add(dbc, nblocks);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * ext4_has_free_blocks()
- * @sbi:	in-core super block structure.
- * @nblocks:	number of neeed blocks
- *
- * Check if filesystem has free blocks available for allocation.
- * Return the number of blocks avaible for allocation for this request
- * On success, return nblocks
- */
-ext4_fsblk_t ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
+int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
 						s64 nblocks)
 {
-	s64 free_blocks, dirty_blocks;
-	s64 root_blocks = 0;
-	struct percpu_counter *fbc = &sbi->s_freeblocks_counter;
-	struct percpu_counter *dbc = &sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter;
-
-	free_blocks  = percpu_counter_read_positive(fbc);
-	dirty_blocks = percpu_counter_read_positive(dbc);
-
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
-		sbi->s_resuid != current->fsuid &&
-		(sbi->s_resgid == 0 || !in_group_p(sbi->s_resgid)))
-		root_blocks = ext4_r_blocks_count(sbi->s_es);
-
-	if (free_blocks - (nblocks + root_blocks + dirty_blocks) <
-						EXT4_FREEBLOCKS_WATERMARK) {
-		free_blocks  = percpu_counter_sum(fbc);
-		dirty_blocks = percpu_counter_sum(dbc);
-	}
-	if (free_blocks <= (root_blocks + dirty_blocks))
-		/* we don't have free space */
+	if (ext4_has_free_blocks(sbi, nblocks)) {
+		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, nblocks);
 		return 0;
-
-	if (free_blocks - (root_blocks + dirty_blocks) < nblocks)
-		return free_blocks - (root_blocks + dirty_blocks);
-	return nblocks;
+	} else
+		return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * ext4_should_retry_alloc()
  * @sb:			super block
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 4880cc3e6727..b0537c827024 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1003,8 +1003,7 @@ extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_new_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 					ext4_lblk_t iblock, ext4_fsblk_t goal,
 					unsigned long *count, int *errp);
 extern int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks);
-extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
-					 s64 nblocks);
+extern int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks);
 extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count, int metadata);
 extern void ext4_free_blocks_sb(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index bdddea14e782..994859df010e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ void ext4_abort(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= EXT4_MOUNT_ABORT;
-	jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
+	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
+		jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
 }
 
 void ext4_warning(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
@@ -442,14 +443,16 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	ext4_mb_release(sb);
 	ext4_ext_release(sb);
 	ext4_xattr_put_super(sb);
-	if (jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal) < 0)
-		ext4_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+	err = jbd2_journal_destroy(sbi->s_journal);
 	sbi->s_journal = NULL;
+	if (err < 0)
+		ext4_abort(sb, __func__, "Couldn't clean up the journal");
+
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 8b119e16aa36..ebc667bc54a8 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@ restart_loop:
 	journal->j_committing_transaction = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
+	if (journal->j_commit_callback)
+		journal->j_commit_callback(journal, commit_transaction);
+
 	if (commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL &&
 	    commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL) {
 		__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, commit_transaction);
@@ -995,11 +998,8 @@ restart_loop:
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 
-	if (journal->j_commit_callback)
-		journal->j_commit_callback(journal, commit_transaction);
-
 	trace_mark(jbd2_end_commit, "dev %s transaction %d head %d",
-		   journal->j_devname, commit_transaction->t_tid,
+		   journal->j_devname, journal->j_commit_sequence,
 		   journal->j_tail_sequence);
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: commit %d complete, head %d\n",
 		  journal->j_commit_sequence, journal->j_tail_sequence);