diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 4d34887a601d96..c9ed814eeb6f96 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ static void gfs2_rgrp_error(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
  * @dinode: 1 if this block is a dinode block, otherwise data block
  * @nblocks: desired extent length
  *
- * Lay claim to previously allocated block reservation blocks.
+ * Lay claim to previously reserved blocks.
  * Returns: Starting block number of the blocks claimed.
  * Sets *nblocks to the actual extent length allocated.
  */
@@ -1970,19 +1970,17 @@ static u64 claim_reserved_blks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, bool dinode,
 {
 	struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs = ip->i_res;
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd = rs->rs_rgd;
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi;
 	u64 start_block = gfs2_rs_startblk(rs);
 	const unsigned int elen = *nblocks;
 
-	/*BUG_ON(!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl));*/
-	gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, rgd);
-	/*BUG_ON(!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(rgd->rd_gl));*/
 	bi = rs->rs_bi;
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(rgd->rd_gl, bi->bi_bh, 1);
 
 	for (*nblocks = 0; *nblocks < elen && rs->rs_free; (*nblocks)++) {
-		/* Make sure the bitmap hasn't changed */
+		if (gfs2_testbit(rgd, bi->bi_bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset,
+				 bi->bi_len, rs->rs_biblk) != GFS2_BLKST_FREE)
+			break;
 		gfs2_setbit(rgd, bi->bi_clone, bi, rs->rs_biblk,
 			    dinode ? GFS2_BLKST_DINODE : GFS2_BLKST_USED);
 		rs->rs_biblk++;
@@ -1991,20 +1989,12 @@ static u64 claim_reserved_blks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, bool dinode,
 		BUG_ON(!rgd->rd_reserved);
 		rgd->rd_reserved--;
 		dinode = false;
-		trace_gfs2_rs(ip, rs, TRACE_RS_CLAIM);
 	}
 
-	if (!rs->rs_free) {
-		struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd = ip->i_res->rs_rgd;
-
+	trace_gfs2_rs(ip, rs, TRACE_RS_CLAIM);
+	if (!rs->rs_free || *nblocks != elen)
 		gfs2_rs_deltree(rs);
-		/* -nblocks because we haven't returned to do the math yet.
-		   I'm doing the math backwards to prevent negative numbers,
-		   but think of it as:
-		   if (unclaimed_blocks(rgd) - *nblocks >= RGRP_RSRV_MINBLKS */
-		if (unclaimed_blocks(rgd) >= RGRP_RSRV_MINBLKS + *nblocks)
-			rg_mblk_search(rgd, ip);
-	}
+
 	return start_block;
 }
 
@@ -2037,34 +2027,34 @@ int gfs2_alloc_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 *bn, unsigned int *nblocks,
 	if (ip->i_res->rs_requested == 0)
 		return -ECANCELED;
 
-	/* Check if we have a multi-block reservation, and if so, claim the
-	   next free block from it. */
+	/* If we have a reservation, claim blocks from it. */
 	if (gfs2_rs_active(ip->i_res)) {
 		BUG_ON(!ip->i_res->rs_free);
 		rgd = ip->i_res->rs_rgd;
 		block = claim_reserved_blks(ip, dinode, nblocks);
-	} else {
-		rgd = ip->i_rgd;
+		if (*nblocks)
+			goto found_blocks;
+	}
 
-		if (!dinode && rgrp_contains_block(rgd, ip->i_goal))
-			goal = ip->i_goal - rgd->rd_data0;
-		else
-			goal = rgd->rd_last_alloc;
-
-		blk = rgblk_search(rgd, goal, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, &bi);
-
-		/* Since all blocks are reserved in advance, this shouldn't
-		   happen */
-		if (blk == BFITNOENT) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "BFITNOENT, nblocks=%u\n",
-			       *nblocks);
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "FULL=%d\n",
-			       test_bit(GBF_FULL, &rgd->rd_bits->bi_flags));
-			goto rgrp_error;
-		}
+	rgd = ip->i_rgd;
 
-		block = gfs2_alloc_extent(rgd, bi, blk, dinode, nblocks);
+	if (!dinode && rgrp_contains_block(rgd, ip->i_goal))
+		goal = ip->i_goal - rgd->rd_data0;
+	else
+		goal = rgd->rd_last_alloc;
+
+	blk = rgblk_search(rgd, goal, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, &bi);
+
+	/* Since all blocks are reserved in advance, this shouldn't happen */
+	if (blk == BFITNOENT) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "BFITNOENT, nblocks=%u\n", *nblocks);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "FULL=%d\n",
+		       test_bit(GBF_FULL, &rgd->rd_bits->bi_flags));
+		goto rgrp_error;
 	}
+
+	block = gfs2_alloc_extent(rgd, bi, blk, dinode, nblocks);
+found_blocks:
 	ndata = *nblocks;
 	if (dinode)
 		ndata--;