diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index f52e5e8..7c068c1 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
 	struct commit_header *tmp;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int ret;
-	int barrier_done = 0;
 	struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
@@ -136,30 +135,22 @@
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
 	    !JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
-		set_buffer_ordered(bh);
-		barrier_done = 1;
-	}
-	ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
-	if (barrier_done)
-		clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | WRITE_BARRIER, bh);
+		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
+			       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-	/* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
-	 * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
-	 * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
-	 * to remember if we sent a barrier request
-	 */
-	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
-		       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
-		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-
-		/* And try again, without the barrier */
-		lock_buffer(bh);
-		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			/* And try again, without the barrier */
+			lock_buffer(bh);
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+		}
+	} else {
 		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
 	}
 	*cbh = bh;