diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index db28905..c391221 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4292,9 +4292,15 @@
 	 * We have a new transaction, so we should return committed=1,
 	 * even though we're returning an error.
 	 */
-	if (error) {
+	if (error)
 		return error;
-	}
+
+	/*
+	 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+	 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+	 */
+	xfs_log_ticket_put(ntp->t_ticket);
+
 	if ((error = xfs_trans_reserve(ntp, 0, logres, 0, XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
 			logcount)))
 		return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index cd52282..b977100 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1782,8 +1782,14 @@
 		xfs_trans_ijoin(ntp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 		xfs_trans_ihold(ntp, ip);
 
-		if (!error)
-			error = xfs_trans_reserve(ntp, 0,
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		/*
+		 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+		 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+		 */
+		xfs_log_ticket_put(ntp->t_ticket);
+		error = xfs_trans_reserve(ntp, 0,
 					XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
 					XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
 					XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_COUNT);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 92c20a8..4bf44ae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@
 
 
 /* local ticket functions */
-STATIC xlog_ticket_t	*xlog_ticket_get(xlog_t *log,
+STATIC xlog_ticket_t	*xlog_ticket_alloc(xlog_t *log,
 					 int	unit_bytes,
 					 int	count,
 					 char	clientid,
 					 uint	flags);
-STATIC void		xlog_ticket_put(xlog_t *log, xlog_ticket_t *ticket);
 
 #if defined(DEBUG)
 STATIC void	xlog_verify_dest_ptr(xlog_t *log, __psint_t ptr);
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@
 		 */
 		xlog_trace_loggrant(log, ticket, "xfs_log_done: (non-permanent)");
 		xlog_ungrant_log_space(log, ticket);
-		xlog_ticket_put(log, ticket);
+		xfs_log_ticket_put(ticket);
 	} else {
 		xlog_trace_loggrant(log, ticket, "xfs_log_done: (permanent)");
 		xlog_regrant_reserve_log_space(log, ticket);
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@
 		retval = xlog_regrant_write_log_space(log, internal_ticket);
 	} else {
 		/* may sleep if need to allocate more tickets */
-		internal_ticket = xlog_ticket_get(log, unit_bytes, cnt,
+		internal_ticket = xlog_ticket_alloc(log, unit_bytes, cnt,
 						  client, flags);
 		if (!internal_ticket)
 			return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
@@ -749,7 +748,7 @@
 		if (tic) {
 			xlog_trace_loggrant(log, tic, "unmount rec");
 			xlog_ungrant_log_space(log, tic);
-			xlog_ticket_put(log, tic);
+			xfs_log_ticket_put(tic);
 		}
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -3222,22 +3221,33 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Free a used ticket.
+ * Free a used ticket when it's refcount falls to zero.
  */
-STATIC void
-xlog_ticket_put(xlog_t		*log,
-		xlog_ticket_t	*ticket)
+void
+xfs_log_ticket_put(
+	xlog_ticket_t	*ticket)
 {
-	sv_destroy(&ticket->t_wait);
-	kmem_zone_free(xfs_log_ticket_zone, ticket);
-}	/* xlog_ticket_put */
+	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ticket->t_ref) > 0);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ticket->t_ref)) {
+		sv_destroy(&ticket->t_wait);
+		kmem_zone_free(xfs_log_ticket_zone, ticket);
+	}
+}
 
+xlog_ticket_t *
+xfs_log_ticket_get(
+	xlog_ticket_t	*ticket)
+{
+	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ticket->t_ref) > 0);
+	atomic_inc(&ticket->t_ref);
+	return ticket;
+}
 
 /*
  * Allocate and initialise a new log ticket.
  */
 STATIC xlog_ticket_t *
-xlog_ticket_get(xlog_t		*log,
+xlog_ticket_alloc(xlog_t		*log,
 		int		unit_bytes,
 		int		cnt,
 		char		client,
@@ -3308,6 +3318,7 @@
 		unit_bytes += 2*BBSIZE;
         }
 
+	atomic_set(&tic->t_ref, 1);
 	tic->t_unit_res		= unit_bytes;
 	tic->t_curr_res		= unit_bytes;
 	tic->t_cnt		= cnt;
@@ -3323,7 +3334,7 @@
 	xlog_tic_reset_res(tic);
 
 	return tic;
-}	/* xlog_ticket_get */
+}
 
 
 /******************************************************************************
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index d47b91f..8a3e84e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 /* Log manager interfaces */
 struct xfs_mount;
+struct xlog_ticket;
 xfs_lsn_t xfs_log_done(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		       xfs_log_ticket_t ticket,
 		       void		**iclog,
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@
 
 void	  xlog_iodone(struct xfs_buf *);
 
+struct xlog_ticket * xfs_log_ticket_get(struct xlog_ticket *ticket);
+void	  xfs_log_ticket_put(struct xlog_ticket *ticket);
+
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index de7ef6c..b39a198 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 	struct xlog_ticket *t_next;	 /*			         :4|8 */
 	struct xlog_ticket *t_prev;	 /*				 :4|8 */
 	xlog_tid_t	   t_tid;	 /* transaction identifier	 : 4  */
+	atomic_t	   t_ref;	 /* ticket reference count       : 4  */
 	int		   t_curr_res;	 /* current reservation in bytes : 4  */
 	int		   t_unit_res;	 /* unit reservation in bytes    : 4  */
 	char		   t_ocnt;	 /* original count		 : 1  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index ad137ef..8570b82 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 	ASSERT(tp->t_ticket != NULL);
 
 	ntp->t_flags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES | (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_RESERVE);
-	ntp->t_ticket = tp->t_ticket;
+	ntp->t_ticket = xfs_log_ticket_get(tp->t_ticket);
 	ntp->t_blk_res = tp->t_blk_res - tp->t_blk_res_used;
 	tp->t_blk_res = tp->t_blk_res_used;
 	ntp->t_rtx_res = tp->t_rtx_res - tp->t_rtx_res_used;
@@ -1260,6 +1260,13 @@
 	trans = *tpp;
 
 	/*
+	 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+	 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+	 */
+	xfs_log_ticket_put(trans->t_ticket);
+
+
+	/*
 	 * Reserve space in the log for th next transaction.
 	 * This also pushes items in the "AIL", the list of logged items,
 	 * out to disk if they are taking up space at the tail of the log
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
index 35d4d41..77114493 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@
 			*ipp = NULL;
 			return code;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+		 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+		 */
+		xfs_log_ticket_put(tp->t_ticket);
 		code = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, log_res, 0,
 					 XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES, log_count);
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index c45ea27..0574aad 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,12 @@
 		goto error0;
 	}
 	/*
+	 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+	 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+	 */
+	xfs_log_ticket_put(tp->t_ticket);
+
+	/*
 	 * Remove the memory for extent descriptions (just bookkeeping).
 	 */
 	if (ip->i_df.if_bytes)