diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 1aa32bfdf0cc..7e9a27f9d967 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "xfs_refcount.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_alloc.h"
+#include "xfs_buf.h"
 
 static struct kmem_cache	*xfs_defer_pending_cache;
 
@@ -780,17 +781,25 @@ xfs_defer_ops_continue(
 	struct xfs_trans		*tp,
 	struct xfs_defer_resources	*dres)
 {
+	unsigned int			i;
+
 	ASSERT(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES);
 	ASSERT(!(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_DIRTY));
 
-	/* Lock and join the captured inode to the new transaction. */
+	/* Lock the captured resources to the new transaction. */
 	if (dfc->dfc_held.dr_inos == 2)
 		xfs_lock_two_inodes(dfc->dfc_held.dr_ip[0], XFS_ILOCK_EXCL,
 				    dfc->dfc_held.dr_ip[1], XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	else if (dfc->dfc_held.dr_inos == 1)
 		xfs_ilock(dfc->dfc_held.dr_ip[0], XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dfc->dfc_held.dr_bufs; i++)
+		xfs_buf_lock(dfc->dfc_held.dr_bp[i]);
+
+	/* Join the captured resources to the new transaction. */
 	xfs_defer_restore_resources(tp, &dfc->dfc_held);
 	memcpy(dres, &dfc->dfc_held, sizeof(struct xfs_defer_resources));
+	dres->dr_bufs = 0;
 
 	/* Move captured dfops chain and state to the transaction. */
 	list_splice_init(&dfc->dfc_dfops, &tp->t_dfops);