diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index 212fe74..4858e1f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
 	if (&ip->i_inode == sdp->sd_rindex)
 		rblocks += 2 * RES_STATFS;
 	if (alloc_required)
-		rblocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(al);
+		rblocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(ip);
 
 	error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, rblocks,
 				 PAGE_CACHE_SIZE/sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index d717b72..3467f36 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 		rblocks += data_blocks ? data_blocks : 1;
 	if (ind_blocks || data_blocks) {
 		rblocks += RES_STATFS + RES_QUOTA;
-		rblocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(al);
+		rblocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(ip);
 	}
 	ret = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, rblocks, 0);
 	if (ret)
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
 			    unsigned int *data_blocks, unsigned int *ind_blocks)
 {
 	const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	unsigned int max_blocks = ip->i_alloc->al_rgd->rd_free_clone;
+	unsigned int max_blocks = ip->i_rgd->rd_free_clone;
 	unsigned int tmp, max_data = max_blocks - 3 * (sdp->sd_max_height - 1);
 
 	for (tmp = max_data; tmp > sdp->sd_diptrs;) {
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
 		al->al_requested = data_blocks + ind_blocks;
 
 		rblocks = RES_DINODE + ind_blocks + RES_STATFS + RES_QUOTA +
-			  RES_RG_HDR + gfs2_rg_blocks(al);
+			  RES_RG_HDR + gfs2_rg_blocks(ip);
 		if (gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
 			rblocks += data_blocks ? data_blocks : 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 56847f5..55e335b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@
 	unsigned int al_line;
 	char *al_file;
 	struct gfs2_holder al_rgd_gh;
-	struct gfs2_rgrpd *al_rgd;
-
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -279,6 +277,7 @@
 	struct gfs2_holder i_iopen_gh;
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh; /* for prepare/commit_write only */
 	struct gfs2_alloc *i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_rgrpd *i_rgd;
 	u64 i_goal;	/* goal block for allocations */
 	struct rw_semaphore i_rw_mutex;
 	struct list_head i_trunc_list;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 29703dd..55b3bbaf 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 			goto fail_quota_locks;
 
 		error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, sdp->sd_max_dirres +
-					 al->al_rgd->rd_length +
+					 dip->i_rgd->rd_length +
 					 2 * RES_DINODE +
 					 RES_STATFS + RES_QUOTA, 0);
 		if (error)
@@ -613,8 +613,7 @@
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
 
 fail_ipreserv:
-	if (dip->i_alloc->al_rgd)
-		gfs2_inplace_release(dip);
+	gfs2_inplace_release(dip);
 
 fail_quota_locks:
 	gfs2_quota_unlock(dip);
@@ -731,8 +730,7 @@
 		brelse(bh);
 
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
-	if (dip->i_alloc->al_rgd)
-		gfs2_inplace_release(dip);
+	gfs2_inplace_release(dip);
 	gfs2_quota_unlock(dip);
 	gfs2_alloc_put(dip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -896,7 +894,7 @@
 			goto out_gunlock_q;
 
 		error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, sdp->sd_max_dirres +
-					 gfs2_rg_blocks(al) +
+					 gfs2_rg_blocks(dip) +
 					 2 * RES_DINODE + RES_STATFS +
 					 RES_QUOTA, 0);
 		if (error)
@@ -1371,7 +1369,7 @@
 			goto out_gunlock_q;
 
 		error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, sdp->sd_max_dirres +
-					 gfs2_rg_blocks(al) +
+					 gfs2_rg_blocks(ndip) +
 					 4 * RES_DINODE + 4 * RES_LEAF +
 					 RES_STATFS + RES_QUOTA + 4, 0);
 		if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 3a9a974..10a59cd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
 		goto out_alloc;
 
 	if (nalloc)
-		blocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(al) + nalloc * ind_blocks + RES_STATFS;
+		blocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(ip) + nalloc * ind_blocks + RES_STATFS;
 
 	error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, blocks, 0);
 	if (error)
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@
 		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_alloc;
-		blocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(al);
+		blocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(ip);
 	}
 
 	/* Some quotas span block boundaries and can update two blocks,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 88d5b75..5bfb970 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -882,24 +882,21 @@
 /**
  * try_rgrp_fit - See if a given reservation will fit in a given RG
  * @rgd: the RG data
- * @al: the struct gfs2_alloc structure describing the reservation
+ * @ip: the inode
  *
  * If there's room for the requested blocks to be allocated from the RG:
- *   Sets the $al_rgd field in @al.
  *
  * Returns: 1 on success (it fits), 0 on failure (it doesn't fit)
  */
 
-static int try_rgrp_fit(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, struct gfs2_alloc *al)
+static int try_rgrp_fit(const struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
+	const struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
+
 	if (rgd->rd_flags & (GFS2_RGF_NOALLOC | GFS2_RDF_ERROR))
 		return 0;
-
-	if (rgd->rd_free_clone >= al->al_requested) {
-		al->al_rgd = rgd;
+	if (rgd->rd_free_clone >= al->al_requested)
 		return 1;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -985,7 +982,10 @@
 	int error, rg_locked;
 	int loops = 0;
 
-	rgd = begin = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal);
+	if (ip->i_rgd && rgrp_contains_block(ip->i_rgd, ip->i_goal))
+		rgd = begin = ip->i_rgd;
+	else
+		rgd = begin = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal);
 
 	if (rgd == NULL)
 		return -EBADSLT;
@@ -1002,8 +1002,10 @@
 		}
 		switch (error) {
 		case 0:
-			if (try_rgrp_fit(rgd, al))
+			if (try_rgrp_fit(rgd, ip)) {
+				ip->i_rgd = rgd;
 				return 0;
+			}
 			if (rgd->rd_flags & GFS2_RDF_CHECK)
 				try_rgrp_unlink(rgd, last_unlinked, ip->i_no_addr);
 			if (!rg_locked)
@@ -1014,7 +1016,6 @@
 			if (rgd == begin)
 				loops++;
 			break;
-
 		default:
 			return error;
 		}
@@ -1042,21 +1043,20 @@
 	if (gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, al->al_requested))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-try_again:
 	do {
 		error = get_local_rgrp(ip, &last_unlinked);
-		/* If there is no space, flushing the log may release some */
-		if (error) {
-			if (ip == GFS2_I(sdp->sd_rindex) &&
-			    !sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate) {
-				error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
-				if (error)
-					return error;
-				goto try_again;
-			}
-			gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
+		if (error != -ENOSPC)
+			break;
+		/* Check that fs hasn't grown if writing to rindex */
+		if (ip == GFS2_I(sdp->sd_rindex) && !sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate) {
+			error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
+			if (error)
+				break;
+			continue;
 		}
-	} while (error && tries++ < 3);
+		/* Flushing the log may release space */
+		gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
+	} while (tries++ < 3);
 
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@
 		             al->al_alloced, al->al_requested, al->al_file,
 			     al->al_line);
 
-	al->al_rgd = NULL;
 	if (al->al_rgd_gh.gh_gl)
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&al->al_rgd_gh);
 }
@@ -1339,7 +1338,7 @@
 	if (al == NULL)
 		return -ECANCELED;
 
-	rgd = al->al_rgd;
+	rgd = ip->i_rgd;
 
 	if (rgrp_contains_block(rgd, ip->i_goal))
 		goal = ip->i_goal - rgd->rd_data0;
@@ -1398,7 +1397,7 @@
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&dip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_alloc *al = dip->i_alloc;
-	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd = al->al_rgd;
+	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd = dip->i_rgd;
 	u32 blk;
 	u64 block;
 	unsigned int n = 1;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index f716c4f..87e9141 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@
 	if (ip) {
 		ip->i_flags = 0;
 		ip->i_gl = NULL;
+		ip->i_rgd = NULL;
 	}
 	return &ip->i_inode;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.h b/fs/gfs2/trans.h
index 980c5c0..f8f101e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.h
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 
 /* reserve either the number of blocks to be allocated plus the rg header
  * block, or all of the blocks in the rg, whichever is smaller */
-static inline unsigned int gfs2_rg_blocks(const struct gfs2_alloc *al)
+static inline unsigned int gfs2_rg_blocks(const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
-	return (al->al_requested < al->al_rgd->rd_length)?
-	       al->al_requested + 1 : al->al_rgd->rd_length;
+	const struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
+	if (al->al_requested < ip->i_rgd->rd_length)
+		return al->al_requested + 1;
+	return ip->i_rgd->rd_length;
 }
 
 extern int gfs2_trans_begin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int blocks,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 167f4af..e7bf0ea 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 		goto out_gunlock_q;
 
 	error = gfs2_trans_begin(GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode),
-				 blks + gfs2_rg_blocks(al) +
+				 blks + gfs2_rg_blocks(ip) +
 				 RES_DINODE + RES_STATFS + RES_QUOTA, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_ipres;