diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 0d1973e..1f17a4d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -840,6 +840,12 @@
 
 	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters for a new window.\n",
 	     ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb));
+
+	/* Instruct the allocation code to try the most recently used
+	 * cluster group. We'll re-record the group used this pass
+	 * below. */
+	ac->ac_last_group = osb->la_last_gd;
+
 	/* we used the generic suballoc reserve function, but we set
 	 * everything up nicely, so there's no reason why we can't use
 	 * the more specific cluster api to claim bits. */
@@ -852,6 +858,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	osb->la_last_gd = ac->ac_last_group;
+
 	la->la_bm_off = cpu_to_le32(cluster_off);
 	alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total = cpu_to_le32(cluster_count);
 	/* just in case... In the future when we find space ourselves,