diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 4e44274adad3..fc9947d6210c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -387,16 +387,15 @@ static int subtree_equal(void *context, const void *value1_le, const void *value
  * Variant that is used for in-core only changes or code that
  * shouldn't put the pool in service on its own (e.g. commit).
  */
-static inline void __pmd_write_lock(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
+static inline void pmd_write_lock_in_core(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	__acquires(pmd->root_lock)
 {
 	down_write(&pmd->root_lock);
 }
-#define pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd) __pmd_write_lock((pmd))
 
 static inline void pmd_write_lock(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 {
-	__pmd_write_lock(pmd);
+	pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd);
 	if (unlikely(!pmd->in_service))
 		pmd->in_service = true;
 }
@@ -831,6 +830,7 @@ static int __commit_transaction(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	 * We need to know if the thin_disk_superblock exceeds a 512-byte sector.
 	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct thin_disk_superblock) > 512);
+	BUG_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&pmd->root_lock));
 
 	if (unlikely(!pmd->in_service))
 		return 0;
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ int dm_pool_metadata_close(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
+	pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd);
 	if (!dm_bm_is_read_only(pmd->bm) && !pmd->fail_io) {
 		r = __commit_transaction(pmd);
 		if (r < 0)
@@ -961,6 +962,7 @@ int dm_pool_metadata_close(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	}
 	if (!pmd->fail_io)
 		__destroy_persistent_data_objects(pmd);
+	pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
 
 	kfree(pmd);
 	return 0;
@@ -1841,7 +1843,7 @@ int dm_pool_commit_metadata(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	 * Care is taken to not have commit be what
 	 * triggers putting the thin-pool in-service.
 	 */
-	__pmd_write_lock(pmd);
+	pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd);
 	if (pmd->fail_io)
 		goto out;