diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 6a79fd0..6f554ce 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 				    transaction->t_tid, stats);
 
 	__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
-	kfree(transaction);
+	jbd2_free_transaction(transaction);
 
 	/* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
            checkpointed... */
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 7f21cf3..8e33d84 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ restart_loop:
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: commit %d complete, head %d\n",
 		  journal->j_commit_sequence, journal->j_tail_sequence);
 	if (to_free)
-		kfree(commit_transaction);
+		jbd2_free_transaction(commit_transaction);
 
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 9a78269..61e0206 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_inode_cache);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_transaction_cache);
 
 static int journal_convert_superblock_v1(journal_t *, journal_superblock_t *);
 static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno);
@@ -2371,6 +2372,27 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache(void)
 
 }
 
+struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
+
+static int journal_init_transaction_cache(void)
+{
+	J_ASSERT(jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL);
+	jbd2_transaction_cache = kmem_cache_create("jbd2_transaction",
+						   sizeof(transaction_t),
+						   0, 0, NULL);
+	if (jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL) {
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "JBD2: failed to create transaction cache\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache(void)
+{
+	if (jbd2_transaction_cache)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(jbd2_transaction_cache);
+}
+
 /*
  * Module startup and shutdown
  */
@@ -2384,6 +2406,8 @@ static int __init journal_init_caches(void)
 		ret = journal_init_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ret = journal_init_handle_cache();
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = journal_init_transaction_cache();
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2392,6 +2416,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_caches(void)
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke_caches();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache();
+	jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_slabs();
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 3eec82d..58fbec7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
 
 alloc_transaction:
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), gfp_mask);
+		new_transaction = jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_mask);
 		if (!new_transaction) {
 			/*
 			 * If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ repeat:
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal) ||
 	    (journal->j_errno != 0 && !(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ACK_ERR))) {
 		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		kfree(new_transaction);
+		jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
 		return -EROFS;
 	}
 
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ repeat:
 	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
-	kfree(new_transaction);
+	jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 4ecb7b1..803b5c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1184,6 +1184,23 @@ static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)
 }
 
 /*
+ * transaction management
+ */
+extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
+
+static inline transaction_t *jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_transaction_cache, gfp_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void jbd2_free_transaction(transaction_t *transaction)
+{
+	if (transaction)
+		kmem_cache_free(jbd2_transaction_cache, transaction);
+}
+
+
+/*
  * jbd2_inode management (optional, for those file systems that want to use
  * dynamically allocated jbd2_inode structures)
  */
