diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/lock.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/lock.c
index ad4a18559bddd050550d150fb230bfe0d7d9b1b3..22fef18cae90565ee9b4e7659905260586b865f8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/lock.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/lock.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static int pohmelfs_send_lock_trans(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi,
 	path_len = err;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	t = netfs_trans_alloc(psb, path_len + sizeof(struct netfs_lock) + isize, 0, 0);
+	t = netfs_trans_alloc(psb, path_len + sizeof(struct netfs_lock) + isize,
+			NETFS_TRANS_SINGLE_DST, 0);
 	if (!t)
 		goto err_out_exit;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/trans.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/trans.c
index 168fc8998c3228c7cb8354ccbedd78c621206f09..fef5f9bd69200014d7d17ba48d13787f927ea3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/trans.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ int netfs_trans_finish_send(struct netfs_trans *t, struct pohmelfs_sb *psb)
 				continue;
 		}
 
+		if (psb->active_state && (psb->active_state->state.ctl.prio >= st->ctl.prio))
+			st = &psb->active_state->state;
+
 		err = netfs_trans_push(t, st);
 		if (!err && (t->flags & NETFS_TRANS_SINGLE_DST))
 			break;