diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 04da6ac..5577358 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3546,7 +3546,6 @@ int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	journal_lock_updates(journal);
-	journal_flush(journal);
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, there are no updates running now, and all cached data is
@@ -3556,10 +3555,12 @@ int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 	 * the inode's in-core data-journaling state flag now.
 	 */
 
-	if (val)
+	if (val) {
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags |= EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL;
-	else
+	} else {
+		journal_flush(journal);
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL;
+	}
 	ext3_set_aops(inode);
 
 	journal_unlock_updates(journal);