diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index bca82a4ca8e6..c207e8c32c9b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -163,8 +163,14 @@ static void wait_current_trans(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	}
 }
 
+enum btrfs_trans_type {
+	TRANS_START,
+	TRANS_JOIN,
+	TRANS_USERSPACE,
+};
+
 static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
-					     int num_blocks, int wait)
+					     int num_blocks, int type)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *h =
 		kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -172,7 +178,8 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 	mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
 	if (!root->fs_info->log_root_recovering &&
-	    ((wait == 1 && !root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans) || wait == 2))
+	    ((type == TRANS_START && !root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans) ||
+	     type == TRANS_USERSPACE))
 		wait_current_trans(root);
 	ret = join_transaction(root);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
@@ -186,7 +193,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	h->alloc_exclude_start = 0;
 	h->delayed_ref_updates = 0;
 
-	if (!current->journal_info)
+	if (!current->journal_info && type != TRANS_USERSPACE)
 		current->journal_info = h;
 
 	root->fs_info->running_transaction->use_count++;
@@ -198,18 +205,18 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 						   int num_blocks)
 {
-	return start_transaction(root, num_blocks, 1);
+	return start_transaction(root, num_blocks, TRANS_START);
 }
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 						   int num_blocks)
 {
-	return start_transaction(root, num_blocks, 0);
+	return start_transaction(root, num_blocks, TRANS_JOIN);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_ioctl_transaction(struct btrfs_root *r,
 							 int num_blocks)
 {
-	return start_transaction(r, num_blocks, 2);
+	return start_transaction(r, num_blocks, TRANS_USERSPACE);
 }
 
 /* wait for a transaction commit to be fully complete */