cur_trans->delayed_refs.flushing = 0;
        cur_trans->delayed_refs.run_delayed_start = 0;
        cur_trans->delayed_refs.seq = 1;
+
+       /*
+        * although the tree mod log is per file system and not per transaction,
+        * the log must never go across transaction boundaries.
+        */
+       smp_mb();
+       if (!list_empty(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: tree_mod_seq_list not empty when "
+                       "creating a fresh transaction\n");
+               WARN_ON(1);
+       }
+       if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&fs_info->tree_mod_log)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: tree_mod_log rb tree not empty when "
+                       "creating a fresh transaction\n");
+               WARN_ON(1);
+       }
+       atomic_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
+
        init_waitqueue_head(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.seq_wait);
        spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->commit_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.lock);