diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 07959150d44e..8ffeb031248e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -370,11 +370,7 @@ static int gfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	loff_t size;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Wait if fs is frozen. This is racy so we check again later on
-	 * and retry if the fs has been frozen after the page lock has
-	 * been acquired
-	 */
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 
 	/* Update file times before taking page lock */
 	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
@@ -458,14 +454,9 @@ out:
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&gh);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		set_page_dirty(page);
-		/* This check must be post dropping of transaction lock */
-		if (inode->i_sb->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN) {
-			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-		} else {
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
-			unlock_page(page);
-		}
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	}
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index ad3e2fb763d7..adbd27875ef9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int gfs2_trans_begin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int blocks,
 	if (revokes)
 		tr->tr_reserved += gfs2_struct2blk(sdp, revokes,
 						   sizeof(u64));
+	sb_start_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 	gfs2_holder_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &tr->tr_t_gh);
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq(&tr->tr_t_gh);
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ fail_gunlock:
 	gfs2_glock_dq(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 
 fail_holder_uninit:
+	sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 	kfree(tr);
 
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ void gfs2_trans_end(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 			gfs2_holder_uninit(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 			kfree(tr);
 		}
+		sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ void gfs2_trans_end(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 
 	if (sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
 		gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
+	sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 }
 
 /**