diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtgroup.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtgroup.h
index c0b9f9f2c413..fca2eb74908c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtgroup.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtgroup.h
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ static inline int xfs_initialize_rtgroups(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 # define xfs_rtgroup_unlock(rtg, gf)		((void)0)
 # define xfs_rtgroup_trans_join(tp, rtg, gf)	((void)0)
 # define xfs_update_rtsb(bp, sb_bp)	((void)0)
-# define xfs_log_rtsb(tp, sb_bp)	(NULL)
+static inline struct xfs_buf *xfs_log_rtsb(struct xfs_trans *tp,
+		const struct xfs_buf *sb_bp)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 # define xfs_rtgroup_get_geometry(rtg, rgeo)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
 #endif /* CONFIG_XFS_RT */
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 75f2a021ee6d..f0341adbb879 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -1470,36 +1470,33 @@ xfs_sync_sb_buf(
 	bool			update_rtsb)
 {
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
-	struct xfs_buf		*rtsb_bp = NULL;
 	int			error;
 
 	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0, 0, &tp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	bp = xfs_trans_getsb(tp);
 	xfs_log_sb(tp);
-	xfs_trans_bhold(tp, bp);
-	if (update_rtsb) {
-		rtsb_bp = xfs_log_rtsb(tp, bp);
-		if (rtsb_bp)
-			xfs_trans_bhold(tp, rtsb_bp);
-	}
+	if (update_rtsb)
+		xfs_log_rtsb(tp, xfs_trans_getsb(tp));
 	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 	if (error)
-		goto out;
-	/*
-	 * write out the sb buffer to get the changes to disk
-	 */
-	error = xfs_bwrite(bp);
-	if (!error && rtsb_bp)
-		error = xfs_bwrite(rtsb_bp);
-out:
-	if (rtsb_bp)
-		xfs_buf_relse(rtsb_bp);
-	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+		return error;
+
+	/* Re-acquire and write the sb and rtsb to disk. */
+	xfs_buf_lock(mp->m_sb_bp);
+	error = xfs_bwrite(mp->m_sb_bp);
+	xfs_buf_unlock(mp->m_sb_bp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (update_rtsb && mp->m_rtsb_bp) {
+		xfs_buf_lock(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+		error = xfs_bwrite(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+		xfs_buf_unlock(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+	}
+
 	return error;
 }