diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 1bc74b6..3ee211e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -930,12 +930,12 @@
 		/* A buffer which has been freed while still being
 		 * journaled by a previous transaction may end up still
 		 * being dirty here, but we want to avoid writing back
-		 * that buffer in the future now that the last use has
-		 * been committed.  That's not only a performance gain,
-		 * it also stops aliasing problems if the buffer is left
-		 * behind for writeback and gets reallocated for another
+		 * that buffer in the future after the "add to orphan"
+		 * operation been committed,  That's not only a performance
+		 * gain, it also stops aliasing problems if the buffer is
+		 * left behind for writeback and gets reallocated for another
 		 * use in a different page. */
-		if (buffer_freed(bh)) {
+		if (buffer_freed(bh) && !jh->b_next_transaction) {
 			clear_buffer_freed(bh);
 			clear_buffer_jbddirty(bh);
 		}