diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index a35259eebc56..1dc9a08e8bdc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4719,22 +4719,23 @@ out:
 
 /* Lock an inode and grab a bh pointing to the inode. */
 int ocfs2_reflink_inodes_lock(struct inode *s_inode,
-			      struct buffer_head **bh1,
+			      struct buffer_head **bh_s,
 			      struct inode *t_inode,
-			      struct buffer_head **bh2)
+			      struct buffer_head **bh_t)
 {
-	struct inode *inode1;
-	struct inode *inode2;
+	struct inode *inode1 = s_inode;
+	struct inode *inode2 = t_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi1;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi2;
+	struct buffer_head *bh1 = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bh2 = NULL;
 	bool same_inode = (s_inode == t_inode);
+	bool need_swap = (inode1->i_ino > inode2->i_ino);
 	int status;
 
 	/* First grab the VFS and rw locks. */
 	lock_two_nondirectories(s_inode, t_inode);
-	inode1 = s_inode;
-	inode2 = t_inode;
-	if (inode1->i_ino > inode2->i_ino)
+	if (need_swap)
 		swap(inode1, inode2);
 
 	status = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode1, 1);
@@ -4757,17 +4758,13 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_inodes_lock(struct inode *s_inode,
 	trace_ocfs2_double_lock((unsigned long long)oi1->ip_blkno,
 				(unsigned long long)oi2->ip_blkno);
 
-	if (*bh1)
-		*bh1 = NULL;
-	if (*bh2)
-		*bh2 = NULL;
-
 	/* We always want to lock the one with the lower lockid first. */
 	if (oi1->ip_blkno > oi2->ip_blkno)
 		mlog_errno(-ENOLCK);
 
 	/* lock id1 */
-	status = ocfs2_inode_lock_nested(inode1, bh1, 1, OI_LS_REFLINK_TARGET);
+	status = ocfs2_inode_lock_nested(inode1, &bh1, 1,
+					 OI_LS_REFLINK_TARGET);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4776,15 +4773,25 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_inodes_lock(struct inode *s_inode,
 
 	/* lock id2 */
 	if (!same_inode) {
-		status = ocfs2_inode_lock_nested(inode2, bh2, 1,
+		status = ocfs2_inode_lock_nested(inode2, &bh2, 1,
 						 OI_LS_REFLINK_TARGET);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOENT)
 				mlog_errno(status);
 			goto out_cl1;
 		}
-	} else
-		*bh2 = *bh1;
+	} else {
+		bh2 = bh1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we swapped inode order above, we have to swap the buffer heads
+	 * before passing them back to the caller.
+	 */
+	if (need_swap)
+		swap(bh1, bh2);
+	*bh_s = bh1;
+	*bh_t = bh2;
 
 	trace_ocfs2_double_lock_end(
 			(unsigned long long)oi1->ip_blkno,
@@ -4794,8 +4801,7 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_inodes_lock(struct inode *s_inode,
 
 out_cl1:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode1, 1);
-	brelse(*bh1);
-	*bh1 = NULL;
+	brelse(bh1);
 out_rw2:
 	ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode2, 1);
 out_i2: