diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 7cb34e1c9206..b6c3c5f8628e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2168,19 +2168,28 @@ static int nilfs_segctor_sync(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	struct nilfs_segctor_wait_request wait_req;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 	init_wait(&wait_req.wq);
 	wait_req.err = 0;
 	atomic_set(&wait_req.done, 0);
+	init_waitqueue_entry(&wait_req.wq, current);
+
+	/*
+	 * To prevent a race issue where completion notifications from the
+	 * log writer thread are missed, increment the request sequence count
+	 * "sc_seq_request" and insert a wait queue entry using the current
+	 * sequence number into the "sc_wait_request" queue at the same time
+	 * within the lock section of "sc_state_lock".
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 	wait_req.seq = ++sci->sc_seq_request;
+	add_wait_queue(&sci->sc_wait_request, &wait_req.wq);
 	spin_unlock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 
-	init_waitqueue_entry(&wait_req.wq, current);
-	add_wait_queue(&sci->sc_wait_request, &wait_req.wq);
-	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	wake_up(&sci->sc_wait_daemon);
 
 	for (;;) {
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
 		if (atomic_read(&wait_req.done)) {
 			err = wait_req.err;
 			break;