if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
                return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 
+       vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
        /* Special case here: if the journal has aborted behind our
         * backs (eg. EIO in the commit thread), then we still need to
         * take the FS itself readonly cleanly. */
                return 0;
 
        journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-       if (journal)
+       if (journal) {
+               vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
                ret = ext4_journal_force_commit(journal);
+       }
 
        return ret;
 }
         * the journal.
         */
        error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
-       if (error < 0) {
-       out:
-               jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
-               return error;
-       }
+       if (error < 0)
+               goto out;
 
        /* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
        EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
        error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
-       if (error)
-               goto out;
-       return 0;
+out:
+       /* we rely on s_frozen to stop further updates */
+       jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+       return error;
 }
 
 /*
        EXT4_SET_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
        ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
        unlock_super(sb);
-       jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
        return 0;
 }