diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 8ad566b845a..806b8b780ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2396,13 +2396,11 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
 	if (journal_flush(journal) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
 	    sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 		ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
-	unlock_super(sb);
 
 out:
 	journal_unlock_updates(journal);
@@ -2594,13 +2592,7 @@ static int ext3_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
 			    (sbi->s_mount_state & EXT3_VALID_FS))
 				es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
 
-			/*
-			 * We have to unlock super so that we can wait for
-			 * transactions.
-			 */
-			unlock_super(sb);
 			ext3_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
-			lock_super(sb);
 		} else {
 			__le32 ret;
 			if ((ret = EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,