diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index a160c3f665f9..d648cec3f90f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1831,11 +1831,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	 * once we do this, we must not dereference transaction
 	 * pointer again.
 	 */
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->t_updates)) {
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->t_updates))
 		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_updates);
-		if (journal->j_barrier_count)
-			wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
-	}
 
 	rwsem_release(&journal->j_trans_commit_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);