diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
index 15a3974..2370716 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@
 } lmStat;
 #endif
 
+static void write_special_inodes(struct jfs_log *log,
+				 int (*writer)(struct address_space *))
+{
+	struct jfs_sb_info *sbi;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sbi, &log->sb_list, log_list) {
+		writer(sbi->ipbmap->i_mapping);
+		writer(sbi->ipimap->i_mapping);
+		writer(sbi->direct_inode->i_mapping);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * NAME:	lmLog()
@@ -935,22 +946,13 @@
 	struct lrd lrd;
 	int lsn;
 	struct logsyncblk *lp;
-	struct jfs_sb_info *sbi;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* push dirty metapages out to disk */
 	if (hard_sync)
-		list_for_each_entry(sbi, &log->sb_list, log_list) {
-			filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->ipbmap->i_mapping);
-			filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->ipimap->i_mapping);
-			filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->direct_inode->i_mapping);
-		}
+		write_special_inodes(log, filemap_fdatawrite);
 	else
-		list_for_each_entry(sbi, &log->sb_list, log_list) {
-			filemap_flush(sbi->ipbmap->i_mapping);
-			filemap_flush(sbi->ipimap->i_mapping);
-			filemap_flush(sbi->direct_inode->i_mapping);
-		}
+		write_special_inodes(log, filemap_flush);
 
 	/*
 	 *	forward syncpt
@@ -1536,7 +1538,6 @@
 {
 	int i;
 	struct tblock *target = NULL;
-	struct jfs_sb_info *sbi;
 
 	/* jfs_write_inode may call us during read-only mount */
 	if (!log)
@@ -1598,11 +1599,7 @@
 	if (wait < 2)
 		return;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(sbi, &log->sb_list, log_list) {
-		filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->ipbmap->i_mapping);
-		filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->ipimap->i_mapping);
-		filemap_fdatawrite(sbi->direct_inode->i_mapping);
-	}
+	write_special_inodes(log, filemap_fdatawrite);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there was recent activity, we may need to wait
@@ -1611,6 +1608,7 @@
 	if ((!list_empty(&log->cqueue)) || !list_empty(&log->synclist)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < 200; i++) {	/* Too much? */
 			msleep(250);
+			write_special_inodes(log, filemap_fdatawrite);
 			if (list_empty(&log->cqueue) &&
 			    list_empty(&log->synclist))
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
index 7971f37..adcf92d 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_umount.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Wait for outstanding transactions to be written to log:
 		 */
-		jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+		jfs_flush_journal(log, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * close fileset inode allocation map (aka fileset inode)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 	 *
 	 * remove file system from log active file system list.
 	 */
-	jfs_flush_journal(log, 2);
+	jfs_flush_journal(log, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure all metadata makes it to disk