diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 60cddb7..651ce76 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -72,20 +72,58 @@
 	if (!journal_begin(&th, s, 1))
 		if (!journal_end_sync(&th, s, 1))
 			reiserfs_flush_old_commits(s);
-	s->s_dirt = 0;	/* Even if it's not true.
-			 * We'll loop forever in sync_supers otherwise */
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void reiserfs_write_super(struct super_block *s)
+static void flush_old_commits(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct reiserfs_sb_info *sbi;
+	struct super_block *s;
+
+	sbi = container_of(work, struct reiserfs_sb_info, old_work.work);
+	s = sbi->s_journal->j_work_sb;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+	sbi->work_queued = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+
 	reiserfs_sync_fs(s, 1);
 }
 
+void reiserfs_schedule_old_flush(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct reiserfs_sb_info *sbi = REISERFS_SB(s);
+	unsigned long delay;
+
+	if (s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+	if (!sbi->work_queued) {
+		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &sbi->old_work, delay);
+		sbi->work_queued = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+}
+
+static void cancel_old_flush(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct reiserfs_sb_info *sbi = REISERFS_SB(s);
+
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&REISERFS_SB(s)->old_work);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+	sbi->work_queued = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+}
+
 static int reiserfs_freeze(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
+
+	cancel_old_flush(s);
+
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 	if (!(s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		int err = journal_begin(&th, s, 1);
@@ -99,7 +137,6 @@
 			journal_end_sync(&th, s, 1);
 		}
 	}
-	s->s_dirt = 0;
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -483,9 +520,6 @@
 
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 
-	if (s->s_dirt)
-		reiserfs_write_super(s);
-
 	/* change file system state to current state if it was mounted with read-write permissions */
 	if (!(s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		if (!journal_begin(&th, s, 10)) {
@@ -692,7 +726,6 @@
 	.dirty_inode = reiserfs_dirty_inode,
 	.evict_inode = reiserfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super = reiserfs_put_super,
-	.write_super = reiserfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs = reiserfs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs = reiserfs_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs = reiserfs_unfreeze,
@@ -1400,7 +1433,6 @@
 	err = journal_end(&th, s, 10);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;
-	s->s_dirt = 0;
 
 	if (!(*mount_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		dquot_resume(s, -1);
@@ -1741,6 +1773,8 @@
 	/* setup default block allocator options */
 	reiserfs_init_alloc_options(s);
 
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->old_work_lock);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sbi->old_work, flush_old_commits);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->lock);
 	sbi->lock_depth = -1;
 
@@ -2003,6 +2037,8 @@
 		reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	}
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&REISERFS_SB(s)->old_work);
+
 	reiserfs_free_bitmap_cache(s);
 	if (SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s))
 		brelse(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));