diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 412df9095937..32339e584a9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ user_xattr	(*)	Enables Extended User Attributes.
 nouser_xattr		Disables Extended User Attributes.
 acl			Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
 noacl		(*)	Disables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
-resv_level=4	(*)	Set how agressive allocation reservations will be.
+resv_level=2	(*)	Set how agressive allocation reservations will be.
 			Valid values are between 0 (reservations off) to 8
 			(maximum space for reservations).
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c
index 7fc6cfee95f1..87fa35791f18 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ static unsigned int ocfs2_resv_window_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
 	if (!(resv->r_flags & OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_DIR)) {
 		/* 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 */
 		bits = 4 << osb->osb_resv_level;
-	} else
-		bits = OCFS2_RESV_DIR_WINDOW_BITS;
-
+	} else {
+		/* For now, treat directories the same as files. */
+		bits = 4 << osb->osb_resv_level;
+	}
 	return bits;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h
index 34bb308375c5..022aff601e15 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 
-#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL	4
+#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL	2
 #define OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL	9
 #define OCFS2_MIN_RESV_LEVEL	0