diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index dbba3c3a2f06..ebee8c94b5fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 		ei->i_data[i] = cpu_to_le32(blk++);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 errout:
-	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
+	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 out_unlock:
 	percpu_up_write(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
 	return ret;