diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index ac97bca..4c1ec8f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	int level;
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = ocfs2_ioend_wq(inode);
 
 	/* this io's submitter should not have unlocked this before we could */
 	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb));
@@ -573,6 +574,15 @@
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 	}
 
+	if (ocfs2_iocb_is_unaligned_aio(iocb)) {
+		ocfs2_iocb_clear_unaligned_aio(iocb);
+
+		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio) &&
+		    waitqueue_active(wq)) {
+			wake_up_all(wq);
+		}
+	}
+
 	ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
 
 	level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
index 75cf3ad..ffb2da3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 	OCFS2_IOCB_RW_LOCK = 0,
 	OCFS2_IOCB_RW_LOCK_LEVEL,
 	OCFS2_IOCB_SEM,
+	OCFS2_IOCB_UNALIGNED_IO,
 	OCFS2_IOCB_NUM_LOCKS
 };
 
@@ -91,4 +92,17 @@
 	clear_bit(OCFS2_IOCB_SEM, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
 #define ocfs2_iocb_is_sem_locked(iocb) \
 	test_bit(OCFS2_IOCB_SEM, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
+
+#define ocfs2_iocb_set_unaligned_aio(iocb) \
+	set_bit(OCFS2_IOCB_UNALIGNED_IO, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
+#define ocfs2_iocb_clear_unaligned_aio(iocb) \
+	clear_bit(OCFS2_IOCB_UNALIGNED_IO, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
+#define ocfs2_iocb_is_unaligned_aio(iocb) \
+	test_bit(OCFS2_IOCB_UNALIGNED_IO, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
+
+#define OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ	37
+#define ocfs2_ioend_wq(v)   (&ocfs2__ioend_wq[((unsigned long)(v)) %\
+					    OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ])
+extern wait_queue_head_t ocfs2__ioend_wq[OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ];
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_FILE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index b1e35a3..145f453 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2038,6 +2038,23 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_aiodio_wait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = ocfs2_ioend_wq(inode);
+
+	wait_event(*wq, (atomic_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio) == 0));
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_is_io_unaligned(struct inode *inode, size_t count, loff_t pos)
+{
+	int blockmask = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1;
+	loff_t final_size = pos + count;
+
+	if ((pos & blockmask) || (final_size & blockmask))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_refcount(struct inode *inode,
 					    struct file *file,
 					    loff_t pos, size_t count,
@@ -2216,6 +2233,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int full_coherency = !(osb->s_mount_opt &
 			       OCFS2_MOUNT_COHERENCY_BUFFERED);
+	int unaligned_dio = 0;
 
 	trace_ocfs2_file_aio_write(inode, file, file->f_path.dentry,
 		(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
@@ -2284,6 +2302,10 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (direct_io && !is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+		unaligned_dio = ocfs2_is_io_unaligned(inode, iocb->ki_left,
+						      *ppos);
+
 	/*
 	 * We can't complete the direct I/O as requested, fall back to
 	 * buffered I/O.
@@ -2299,6 +2321,18 @@
 		goto relock;
 	}
 
+	if (unaligned_dio) {
+		/*
+		 * Wait on previous unaligned aio to complete before
+		 * proceeding.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_aiodio_wait(inode);
+
+		/* Mark the iocb as needing a decrement in ocfs2_dio_end_io */
+		atomic_inc(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
+		ocfs2_iocb_set_unaligned_aio(iocb);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * To later detect whether a journal commit for sync writes is
 	 * necessary, we sample i_size, and cluster count here.
@@ -2371,8 +2405,12 @@
 	if ((ret == -EIOCBQUEUED) || (!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb))) {
 		rw_level = -1;
 		have_alloc_sem = 0;
+		unaligned_dio = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (unaligned_dio)
+		atomic_dec(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
+
 out:
 	if (rw_level != -1)
 		ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, rw_level);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 1c508b1..88924a3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 	/* protects extended attribute changes on this inode */
 	struct rw_semaphore		ip_xattr_sem;
 
+	/* Number of outstanding AIO's which are not page aligned */
+	atomic_t			ip_unaligned_aio;
+
 	/* These fields are protected by ip_lock */
 	spinlock_t			ip_lock;
 	u32				ip_open_count;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 029c4cd..603f5fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "ocfs1_fs_compat.h"
 
 #include "alloc.h"
+#include "aops.h"
 #include "blockcheck.h"
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "export.h"
@@ -1616,12 +1617,17 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+wait_queue_head_t ocfs2__ioend_wq[OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ];
+
 static int __init ocfs2_init(void)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status, i;
 
 	ocfs2_print_version();
 
+	for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ; i++)
+		init_waitqueue_head(&ocfs2__ioend_wq[i]);
+
 	status = init_ocfs2_uptodate_cache();
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1760,7 +1766,7 @@
 	ocfs2_extent_map_init(&oi->vfs_inode);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oi->ip_io_markers);
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
-
+	atomic_set(&oi->ip_unaligned_aio, 0);
 	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
 	mutex_init(&oi->ip_io_mutex);