diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 07cc8bb..2639920 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -639,11 +639,13 @@
 		goto bail_unlock;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_orphan_del(osb, handle, orphan_dir_inode, inode,
-				  orphan_dir_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail_commit;
+	if (!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR)) {
+		status = ocfs2_orphan_del(osb, handle, orphan_dir_inode, inode,
+					  orphan_dir_bh);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail_commit;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* set the inodes dtime */
@@ -726,34 +728,35 @@
 	struct inode *orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
 
-	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
-	orphaned_slot = le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot);
+	if (!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR)) {
+		orphaned_slot = le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot);
 
-	status = ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(osb, orphaned_slot);
-	if (status)
-		return status;
+		status = ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(osb, orphaned_slot);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
 
-	orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
-						       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
-						       orphaned_slot);
-	if (!orphan_dir_inode) {
-		status = -EEXIST;
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+		orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+							       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
+							       orphaned_slot);
+		if (!orphan_dir_inode) {
+			status = -EEXIST;
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
 
-	/* Lock the orphan dir. The lock will be held for the entire
-	 * delete_inode operation. We do this now to avoid races with
-	 * recovery completion on other nodes. */
-	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
-	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(orphan_dir_inode, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
+		/* Lock the orphan dir. The lock will be held for the entire
+		 * delete_inode operation. We do this now to avoid races with
+		 * recovery completion on other nodes. */
+		mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
+		status = ocfs2_inode_lock(orphan_dir_inode, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* we do this while holding the orphan dir lock because we
@@ -794,6 +797,9 @@
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
 bail_unlock_dir:
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR)
+		return status;
+
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(orphan_dir_inode, 1);
 	mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
@@ -889,7 +895,8 @@
 
 	/* Do some basic inode verification... */
 	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
-	if (!(di->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL))) {
+	if (!(di->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL)) &&
+	    !(oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR)) {
 		/*
 		 * Inodes in the orphan dir must have ORPHANED_FL.  The only
 		 * inodes that come back out of the orphan dir are reflink
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index ba4fe07..0b28e19 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 #define OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED	0x00000020
 /* Does someone have the file open O_DIRECT */
 #define OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT		0x00000040
+/* Tell the inode wipe code it's not in orphan dir */
+#define OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR     0x00000080
 
 static inline struct ocfs2_inode_info *OCFS2_I(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index b1eb50a..ae315c9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1976,6 +1976,7 @@
 	}
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->i_flags, OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL);
+	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags &= ~OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR;
 
 	/* Record which orphan dir our inode now resides
 	 * in. delete_inode will use this to determine which orphan