diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index f7c972fbed6ae08666d52c762f3f23b49d927965..0a6426e4568f4c61a1fddbdd1c8ec7ec69e45f0e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -1266,12 +1266,14 @@ static int ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable(struct buffer_head *bg_bh,
 					 int nr)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *bg = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *) bg_bh->b_data;
+	struct journal_head *jh;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (ocfs2_test_bit(nr, (unsigned long *)bg->bg_bitmap))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!buffer_jbd(bg_bh))
+	jh = jbd2_journal_grab_journal_head(bg_bh);
+	if (!jh)
 		return 1;
 
 	jbd_lock_bh_state(bg_bh);
@@ -1282,6 +1284,8 @@ static int ocfs2_test_bg_bit_allocatable(struct buffer_head *bg_bh,
 		ret = 1;
 	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bg_bh);
 
+	jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(jh);
+
 	return ret;
 }