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diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 8f1f2aa5fb39..610264b99a8e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ restart_loop:
}
spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
/*
- * This is a bit sleazy. We borrow j_list_lock to protect
- * journal->j_committing_transaction in __journal_remove_checkpoint.
- * Really, __journal_remove_checkpoint should be using j_state_lock but
- * it's a bit hassle to hold that across __journal_remove_checkpoint
+ * This is a bit sleazy. We use j_list_lock to protect transition
+ * of a transaction into T_FINISHED state and calling
+ * __journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
+ * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
*/
spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);