diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index c63bee9adb6a..20f08f4391c9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ static void gfs2_ail_empty_gl(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	memset(&tr, 0, sizeof(tr));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr.tr_buf);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr.tr_databuf);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr.tr_ail1_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr.tr_ail2_list);
 	tr.tr_revokes = atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count);
 
 	if (!tr.tr_revokes)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 06752db213d2..74c1fe9c4a04 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ void gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_glock *gl, u32 flags)
 	tr = sdp->sd_log_tr;
 	if (tr) {
 		sdp->sd_log_tr = NULL;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_ail1_list);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_ail2_list);
 		tr->tr_first = sdp->sd_log_flush_head;
 		if (unlikely (state == SFS_FROZEN))
 			gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !tr->tr_num_buf_new && !tr->tr_num_databuf_new);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index 812b5d5978b2..9313f7904e34 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ int gfs2_trans_begin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int blocks,
 						   sizeof(u64));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_databuf);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_buf);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_ail1_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->tr_ail2_list);
 
 	sb_start_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);