diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index dd92fc7..b992e16 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -30,15 +30,22 @@
 #include <trace/events/jbd2.h>
 
 /*
- * Default IO end handler for temporary BJ_IO buffer_heads.
+ * IO end handler for temporary buffer_heads handling writes to the journal.
  */
 static void journal_end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
+	struct buffer_head *orig_bh = bh->b_private;
+
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "");
 	if (uptodate)
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	else
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+	if (orig_bh) {
+		clear_bit_unlock(BH_Shadow, &orig_bh->b_state);
+		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+		wake_up_bit(&orig_bh->b_state, BH_Shadow);
+	}
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
 }
 
@@ -831,6 +838,7 @@ start_journal_io:
 		bh = jh2bh(jh);
 		clear_buffer_jwrite(bh);
 		J_ASSERT_BH(bh, buffer_jbddirty(bh));
+		J_ASSERT_BH(bh, !buffer_shadow(bh));
 
 		/* The metadata is now released for reuse, but we need
                    to remember it against this transaction so that when
@@ -838,14 +846,6 @@ start_journal_io:
                    required. */
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "file as BJ_Forget");
 		jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, commit_transaction, BJ_Forget);
-		/*
-		 * Wake up any transactions which were waiting for this IO to
-		 * complete. The barrier must be here so that changes by
-		 * jbd2_journal_file_buffer() take effect before wake_up_bit()
-		 * does the waitqueue check.
-		 */
-		smp_mb();
-		wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Unshadow);
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "brelse shadowed buffer");
 		__brelse(bh);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 96e0594..e812030 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ repeat:
 	new_bh->b_size = bh_in->b_size;
 	new_bh->b_bdev = journal->j_dev;
 	new_bh->b_blocknr = blocknr;
+	new_bh->b_private = bh_in;
 	set_buffer_mapped(new_bh);
 	set_buffer_dirty(new_bh);
 
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ repeat:
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh_in, transaction, BJ_Shadow);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	set_buffer_shadow(bh_in);
 	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in);
 
 	return do_escape | (done_copy_out << 1);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 213a43b..4d5ef4b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -619,6 +619,12 @@ static void warn_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	       bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b), (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 }
 
+static int sleep_on_shadow_bh(void *word)
+{
+	io_schedule();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * If the buffer is already part of the current transaction, then there
  * is nothing we need to do.  If it is already part of a prior
@@ -754,41 +760,29 @@ repeat:
 		 * journaled.  If the primary copy is already going to
 		 * disk then we cannot do copy-out here. */
 
-		if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_Shadow) {
-			DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &bh->b_state, BH_Unshadow);
-			wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
-
-			wqh = bit_waitqueue(&bh->b_state, BH_Unshadow);
-
+		if (buffer_shadow(bh)) {
 			JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "on shadow: sleep");
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-			/* commit wakes up all shadow buffers after IO */
-			for ( ; ; ) {
-				prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait.wait,
-						TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-				if (jh->b_jlist != BJ_Shadow)
-					break;
-				schedule();
-			}
-			finish_wait(wqh, &wait.wait);
+			wait_on_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Shadow,
+				    sleep_on_shadow_bh, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
 
-		/* Only do the copy if the currently-owning transaction
-		 * still needs it.  If it is on the Forget list, the
-		 * committing transaction is past that stage.  The
-		 * buffer had better remain locked during the kmalloc,
-		 * but that should be true --- we hold the journal lock
-		 * still and the buffer is already on the BUF_JOURNAL
-		 * list so won't be flushed.
+		/*
+		 * Only do the copy if the currently-owning transaction still
+		 * needs it. If buffer isn't on BJ_Metadata list, the
+		 * committing transaction is past that stage (here we use the
+		 * fact that BH_Shadow is set under bh_state lock together with
+		 * refiling to BJ_Shadow list and at this point we know the
+		 * buffer doesn't have BH_Shadow set).
 		 *
 		 * Subtle point, though: if this is a get_undo_access,
 		 * then we will be relying on the frozen_data to contain
 		 * the new value of the committed_data record after the
 		 * transaction, so we HAVE to force the frozen_data copy
-		 * in that case. */
-
-		if (jh->b_jlist != BJ_Forget || force_copy) {
+		 * in that case.
+		 */
+		if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_Metadata || force_copy) {
 			JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "generate frozen data");
 			if (!frozen_buffer) {
 				JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "allocate memory for buffer");
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 7e0b622..92062ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -244,6 +244,31 @@ typedef struct journal_superblock_s
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+
+enum jbd_state_bits {
+	BH_JBD			/* Has an attached ext3 journal_head */
+	  = BH_PrivateStart,
+	BH_JWrite,		/* Being written to log (@@@ DEBUGGING) */
+	BH_Freed,		/* Has been freed (truncated) */
+	BH_Revoked,		/* Has been revoked from the log */
+	BH_RevokeValid,		/* Revoked flag is valid */
+	BH_JBDDirty,		/* Is dirty but journaled */
+	BH_State,		/* Pins most journal_head state */
+	BH_JournalHead,		/* Pins bh->b_private and jh->b_bh */
+	BH_Unshadow,		/* Dummy bit, for BJ_Shadow wakeup filtering */
+	BH_JBDPrivateStart,	/* First bit available for private use by FS */
+};
+
+BUFFER_FNS(JBD, jbd)
+BUFFER_FNS(JWrite, jwrite)
+BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
+BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
+BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
+BUFFER_FNS(Freed, freed)
+
 #include <linux/jbd_common.h>
 
 #define J_ASSERT(assert)	BUG_ON(!(assert))
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index bdb9ae4..a687c8d 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -302,6 +302,34 @@ typedef struct journal_superblock_s
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+
+enum jbd_state_bits {
+	BH_JBD			/* Has an attached ext3 journal_head */
+	  = BH_PrivateStart,
+	BH_JWrite,		/* Being written to log (@@@ DEBUGGING) */
+	BH_Freed,		/* Has been freed (truncated) */
+	BH_Revoked,		/* Has been revoked from the log */
+	BH_RevokeValid,		/* Revoked flag is valid */
+	BH_JBDDirty,		/* Is dirty but journaled */
+	BH_State,		/* Pins most journal_head state */
+	BH_JournalHead,		/* Pins bh->b_private and jh->b_bh */
+	BH_Shadow,		/* IO on shadow buffer is running */
+	BH_Verified,		/* Metadata block has been verified ok */
+	BH_JBDPrivateStart,	/* First bit available for private use by FS */
+};
+
+BUFFER_FNS(JBD, jbd)
+BUFFER_FNS(JWrite, jwrite)
+BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
+BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
+BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
+TAS_BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
+BUFFER_FNS(Freed, freed)
+BUFFER_FNS(Shadow, shadow)
+BUFFER_FNS(Verified, verified)
+
 #include <linux/jbd_common.h>
 
 #define J_ASSERT(assert)	BUG_ON(!(assert))
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd_common.h b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
index 6133679..b1f7089 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd_common.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
@@ -1,32 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_JBD_STATE_H
 #define _LINUX_JBD_STATE_H
 
-enum jbd_state_bits {
-	BH_JBD			/* Has an attached ext3 journal_head */
-	  = BH_PrivateStart,
-	BH_JWrite,		/* Being written to log (@@@ DEBUGGING) */
-	BH_Freed,		/* Has been freed (truncated) */
-	BH_Revoked,		/* Has been revoked from the log */
-	BH_RevokeValid,		/* Revoked flag is valid */
-	BH_JBDDirty,		/* Is dirty but journaled */
-	BH_State,		/* Pins most journal_head state */
-	BH_JournalHead,		/* Pins bh->b_private and jh->b_bh */
-	BH_Unshadow,		/* Dummy bit, for BJ_Shadow wakeup filtering */
-	BH_Verified,		/* Metadata block has been verified ok */
-	BH_JBDPrivateStart,	/* First bit available for private use by FS */
-};
-
-BUFFER_FNS(JBD, jbd)
-BUFFER_FNS(JWrite, jwrite)
-BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
-TAS_BUFFER_FNS(JBDDirty, jbddirty)
-BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
-TAS_BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
-BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
-TAS_BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
-BUFFER_FNS(Freed, freed)
-BUFFER_FNS(Verified, verified)
-
 static inline struct buffer_head *jh2bh(struct journal_head *jh)
 {
 	return jh->b_bh;
