diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ea425b49b345..7303839d7ad9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -472,6 +472,16 @@ static void ext4_journal_commit_callback(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *txn)
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 }
 
+static int ext4_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+}
+
+static int ext4_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+}
+
 static bool system_going_down(void)
 {
 	return system_state == SYSTEM_HALT || system_state == SYSTEM_POWER_OFF
@@ -4646,6 +4656,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	set_task_ioprio(sbi->s_journal->j_task, journal_ioprio);
 
 	sbi->s_journal->j_commit_callback = ext4_journal_commit_callback;
+	sbi->s_journal->j_submit_inode_data_buffers =
+		ext4_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers;
+	sbi->s_journal->j_finish_inode_data_buffers =
+		ext4_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers;
 
 no_journal:
 	if (!test_opt(sb, NO_MBCACHE)) {
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index c17cda96926e..23d3fcc11b97 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
 		.range_end = dirty_end,
 	};
 
+	/*
+	 * submit the inode data buffers. We use writepage
+	 * instead of writepages. Because writepages can do
+	 * block allocation with delalloc. We need to write
+	 * only allocated blocks here.
+	 */
 	ret = generic_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -224,16 +230,13 @@ static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 			continue;
 		jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		/*
-		 * submit the inode data buffers. We use writepage
-		 * instead of writepages. Because writepages can do
-		 * block allocation  with delalloc. We need to write
-		 * only allocated blocks here.
-		 */
+		/* submit the inode data buffers. */
 		trace_jbd2_submit_inode_data(jinode->i_vfs_inode);
-		err = jbd2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = err;
+		if (journal->j_submit_inode_data_buffers) {
+			err = journal->j_submit_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = err;
+		}
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
 		jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
@@ -273,9 +276,12 @@ static int journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
 			continue;
 		jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		err = jbd2_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = err;
+		/* wait for the inode data buffers writeout. */
+		if (journal->j_finish_inode_data_buffers) {
+			err = journal->j_finish_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = err;
+		}
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
 		smp_mb();
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 1d91dd1e8711..f4e62aafc89c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -2010,6 +2010,16 @@ static int ocfs2_journal_addressable(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	return status;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(jinode);
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 				  struct buffer_head *bh,
 				  int sector_size,
@@ -2211,6 +2221,11 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 	osb->journal = journal;
 	journal->j_osb = osb;
+	journal->j_journal->j_submit_inode_data_buffers =
+		ocfs2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers;
+	journal->j_journal->j_finish_inode_data_buffers =
+		ocfs2_journal_finish_inode_data_buffers;
+
 
 	atomic_set(&journal->j_num_trans, 0);
 	init_rwsem(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 2865a5475888..4aaa408c0ca7 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -629,7 +629,9 @@ struct transaction_s
 	struct journal_head	*t_shadow_list;
 
 	/*
-	 * List of inodes whose data we've modified in data=ordered mode.
+	 * List of inodes associated with the transaction; e.g., ext4 uses
+	 * this to track inodes in data=ordered and data=journal mode that
+	 * need special handling on transaction commit; also used by ocfs2.
 	 * [j_list_lock]
 	 */
 	struct list_head	t_inode_list;
@@ -1111,6 +1113,27 @@ struct journal_s
 	void			(*j_commit_callback)(journal_t *,
 						     transaction_t *);
 
+	/**
+	 * @j_submit_inode_data_buffers:
+	 *
+	 * This function is called for all inodes associated with the
+	 * committing transaction marked with JI_WRITE_DATA flag
+	 * before we start to write out the transaction to the journal.
+	 */
+	int			(*j_submit_inode_data_buffers)
+					(struct jbd2_inode *);
+
+	/**
+	 * @j_finish_inode_data_buffers:
+	 *
+	 * This function is called for all inodes associated with the
+	 * committing transaction marked with JI_WAIT_DATA flag
+	 * after we have written the transaction to the journal
+	 * but before we write out the commit block.
+	 */
+	int			(*j_finish_inode_data_buffers)
+					(struct jbd2_inode *);
+
 	/*
 	 * Journal statistics
 	 */
