diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 3858767..5bfdc21 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4330,23 +4330,15 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
 
-	/* Now we set up the journal barrier. */
-	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
-
+	error = jbd2_journal_freeze(journal);
 	/*
-	 * Don't clear the needs_recovery flag if we failed to flush
+	 * Don't clear the needs_recovery flag if we failed to freeze
 	 * the journal.
 	 */
-	error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
-	if (error < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
-	EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-	error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
-out:
-	/* we rely on s_frozen to stop further updates */
-	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+	if (error >= 0) {
+		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
+		error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	}
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 0fa0123..f0170cc 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_checkpoint);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_commit);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_updates);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_frozen);
 	mutex_init(&journal->j_barrier);
 	mutex_init(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_revoke_lock);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index a0e41a4..340ee35 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ repeat:
 				journal->j_barrier_count == 0);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
+	/* Don't let a new handle start when a journal is frozen.
+	 * jbd2_journal_freeze calls jbd2_journal_unlock_updates() only after
+	 * the j_flags indicate that the journal is frozen. So if the
+	 * j_barrier_count is 0, then check if this was made 0 by the freezing
+	 * process
+	 */
+	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_FROZEN) {
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		wait_event(journal->j_wait_frozen, (journal->j_flags & JBD2_FROZEN));
+		goto repeat;
+	}
 
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
 		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
@@ -492,6 +503,37 @@ int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
 
+int jbd2_journal_freeze(journal_t *journal)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+	/* Now we set up the journal barrier. */
+	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't clear the needs_recovery flag if we failed to flush
+	 * the journal.
+	 */
+	error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
+	if (error >= 0) {
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_FROZEN;
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	}
+	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_freeze);
+
+void jbd2_journal_thaw(journal_t * journal)
+{
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_FROZEN;
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_frozen);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_thaw);
+
+
 /**
  * void jbd2_journal_lock_updates () - establish a transaction barrier.
  * @journal:  Journal to establish a barrier on.
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 2092ea2..bfa0752 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ jbd2_time_diff(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
  * @j_wait_checkpoint:  Wait queue to trigger checkpointing
  * @j_wait_commit: Wait queue to trigger commit
  * @j_wait_updates: Wait queue to wait for updates to complete
+ * @j_wait_frozen: Wait queue to wait for journal to thaw
  * @j_checkpoint_mutex: Mutex for locking against concurrent checkpoints
  * @j_head: Journal head - identifies the first unused block in the journal
  * @j_tail: Journal tail - identifies the oldest still-used block in the
@@ -775,6 +776,9 @@ struct journal_s
 	/* Wait queue to wait for updates to complete */
 	wait_queue_head_t	j_wait_updates;
 
+	/* Wait queue to wait for journal to thaw*/
+	wait_queue_head_t	j_wait_frozen;
+
 	/* Semaphore for locking against concurrent checkpoints */
 	struct mutex		j_checkpoint_mutex;
 
@@ -953,6 +957,7 @@ struct journal_s
 #define JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR	0x040	/* Abort the journal on file
 						 * data write error in ordered
 						 * mode */
+#define JBD2_FROZEN	0x080 /* Journal thread frozen along with filesystem */
 
 /*
  * Function declarations for the journaling transaction and buffer
@@ -1060,6 +1065,8 @@ extern void	 jbd2_journal_invalidatepage(journal_t *,
 				struct page *, unsigned long);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_try_to_free_buffers(journal_t *, struct page *, gfp_t);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *);
+extern int	 jbd2_journal_freeze(journal_t *);
+extern void	 jbd2_journal_thaw(journal_t *);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_flush (journal_t *);
 extern void	 jbd2_journal_lock_updates (journal_t *);
 extern void	 jbd2_journal_unlock_updates (journal_t *);
