diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index 5a97e346bd95..014a51fd00d7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ __flush_batch(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head **bhs, int *batch_count)
 	int i;
 
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	ll_rw_block(WRITE, *batch_count, bhs);
+	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, *batch_count, bhs);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 9d0494dcc571..2a3e310f79ef 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 					jbd_debug(2, "submit %d writes\n",
 							bufs);
 					spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-					ll_rw_block(WRITE, bufs, wbuf);
+					ll_rw_block(SWRITE, bufs, wbuf);
 					journal_brelse_array(wbuf, bufs);
 					bufs = 0;
 					goto write_out_data;
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
 	if (bufs) {
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		ll_rw_block(WRITE, bufs, wbuf);
+		ll_rw_block(SWRITE, bufs, wbuf);
 		journal_brelse_array(wbuf, bufs);
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 334f4cf0823b..7ae2c4fe506b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
 	if (wait)
 		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	else
-		ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &bh);
+		ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
 
 out:
 	/* If we have just flushed the log (by marking s_start==0), then
diff --git a/fs/jbd/revoke.c b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
index 93b9f45eebda..a56144183462 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *journal,
 	set_buffer_jwrite(bh);
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "write");
 	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &bh);
+	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
 }
 #endif