BUG_ON(test_bit(BCH_FS_WRITE_DISABLE_COMPLETE, &c->flags));
 
+       bch_verbose(c, "going read-only");
+
        /*
         * Block new foreground-end write operations from starting - any new
         * writes will return -EROFS:
                   test_bit(BCH_FS_WRITE_DISABLE_COMPLETE, &c->flags) ||
                   test_bit(BCH_FS_EMERGENCY_RO, &c->flags));
 
+       bool writes_disabled = test_bit(BCH_FS_WRITE_DISABLE_COMPLETE, &c->flags);
+       if (writes_disabled)
+               bch_verbose(c, "finished waiting for writes to stop");
+
        __bch2_fs_read_only(c);
 
        wait_event(bch2_read_only_wait,
                   test_bit(BCH_FS_WRITE_DISABLE_COMPLETE, &c->flags));
 
+       if (!writes_disabled)
+               bch_verbose(c, "finished waiting for writes to stop");
+
        clear_bit(BCH_FS_WRITE_DISABLE_COMPLETE, &c->flags);
        clear_bit(BCH_FS_GOING_RO, &c->flags);
+       clear_bit(BCH_FS_RW, &c->flags);
 
        if (!bch2_journal_error(&c->journal) &&
            !test_bit(BCH_FS_ERROR, &c->flags) &&
 
                bch_verbose(c, "marking filesystem clean");
                bch2_fs_mark_clean(c);
+       } else {
+               bch_verbose(c, "done going read-only, filesystem not clean");
        }
-
-       clear_bit(BCH_FS_RW, &c->flags);
 }
 
 static void bch2_fs_read_only_work(struct work_struct *work)