diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index ed553c60de82..3165aebb43c8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -5699,7 +5699,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
 					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
+		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
 	dquot_free_space_nodirty(inode,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index d9a6ce779266..726ff265b296 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int ocfs2_set_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, unsigned flags,
 	if ((oldflags & OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL) || ((flags ^ oldflags) &
 		(OCFS2_APPEND_FL | OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL))) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
-			goto bail_unlock;
+			goto bail_commit;
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_inode->ip_attr = flags;
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static int ocfs2_set_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, unsigned flags,
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
+bail_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 bail_unlock:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 81ecf9c0bf0a..93d6c80b3922 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -2376,16 +2376,18 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
 		}
 
 		ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, vb, 0, &ctxt);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			break;
-		}
 
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, ctxt.handle);
 		if (ctxt.meta_ac) {
 			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
 			ctxt.meta_ac = NULL;
 		}
+
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	if (ctxt.meta_ac)