diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 68aaed48315f..76f634d185f1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
-	ext4_fc_start_update(inode);
 
 	if ((type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) && acl) {
 		error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl);
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ retry:
 	}
 out_stop:
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index bf0872bb34f6..6c06ce9dd6bd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4694,7 +4694,6 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		     FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	ext4_fc_start_update(inode);
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
@@ -4764,7 +4763,6 @@ out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
 	trace_ext4_fallocate_exit(inode, offset, max_blocks, ret);
 exit:
-	ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 0f61e0aa85d6..f42cc1fe0ba1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_buffered_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	ext4_fc_start_update(inode);
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_buffered_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 
 out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-	ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 	if (likely(ret > 0)) {
 		iocb->ki_pos += ret;
 		ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
@@ -559,9 +557,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ext4_fc_start_update(inode);
 		ret = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-		ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 		if (ret) {
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9bd5f8b0511b..a93b93de5a60 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5437,7 +5437,7 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
-	ext4_fc_start_update(inode);
+
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_UID && !uid_eq(attr->ia_uid, inode->i_uid)) ||
 	    (ia_valid & ATTR_GID && !gid_eq(attr->ia_gid, inode->i_gid))) {
 		handle_t *handle;
@@ -5461,7 +5461,6 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 
 		if (error) {
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-			ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 			return error;
 		}
 		/* Update corresponding info in inode so that everything is in
@@ -5473,7 +5472,6 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		error = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
-			ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 			return error;
 		}
 	}
@@ -5488,12 +5486,10 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 			struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 			if (attr->ia_size > sbi->s_bitmap_maxbytes) {
-				ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 				return -EFBIG;
 			}
 		}
 		if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-			ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
@@ -5619,7 +5615,6 @@ err_out:
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
 	if (!error)
 		error = rc;
-	ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 53bdc67a815f..1171618f6549 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -1322,13 +1322,7 @@ out:
 
 long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	long ret;
-
-	ext4_fc_start_update(file_inode(filp));
-	ret = __ext4_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
-	ext4_fc_stop_update(file_inode(filp));
-
-	return ret;
+	return __ext4_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 6689d235de8a..fee325d62bfd 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ int jbd2_fc_begin_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
 	}
 	journal->j_flags |= JBD2_FAST_COMMIT_ONGOING;
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -768,6 +769,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_fc_begin_commit);
  */
 static int __jbd2_fc_end_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, bool fallback)
 {
+	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
 	if (journal->j_fc_cleanup_callback)
 		journal->j_fc_cleanup_callback(journal, 0);
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);