diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index d5c63047a8b3f89584963a31c85e22f08ee831c6..4f82bcd63e488a6a1b0ff1b8bb20bb7e2a968b3c 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -967,6 +967,13 @@ int journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	 */
 	jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+
+	/* Now that we have bh_state locked, are we really still mapped? */
+	if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
+		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "unmapped buffer, bailing out");
+		goto no_journal;
+	}
+
 	if (jh->b_transaction) {
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "has transaction");
 		if (jh->b_transaction != handle->h_transaction) {
@@ -1028,6 +1035,11 @@ int journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 				sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 				jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
 				spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+				/* Since we dropped the lock... */
+				if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
+					JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "buffer got unmapped");
+					goto no_journal;
+				}
 				/* The buffer may become locked again at any
 				   time if it is redirtied */
 			}
@@ -1824,6 +1836,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) {
+		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "on committing transaction");
 		if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_Locked) {
 			/*
 			 * The buffer is on the committing transaction's locked
@@ -1838,7 +1851,6 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		 * can remove it's next_transaction pointer from the
 		 * running transaction if that is set, but nothing
 		 * else. */
-		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "on committing transaction");
 		set_buffer_freed(bh);
 		if (jh->b_next_transaction) {
 			J_ASSERT(jh->b_next_transaction ==
@@ -1858,6 +1870,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		 * i_size already for this truncate so recovery will not
 		 * expose the disk blocks we are discarding here.) */
 		J_ASSERT_JH(jh, transaction == journal->j_running_transaction);
+		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "on running transaction");
 		may_free = __dispose_buffer(jh, transaction);
 	}