diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index a7c116e814af..f56d30e8040c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 		mp->m_maxicount = icount << mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
 	} else
 		mp->m_maxicount = 0;
+	xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(mp);
 
 	/* update secondary superblocks. */
 	for (agno = 1; agno < nagcount; agno++) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 22b62a179e89..55582bd66659 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ error_out:
  * If the caller is doing a write at the end of the file, then extend the
  * allocation out to the file system's write iosize.  We clean up any extra
  * space left over when the file is closed in xfs_inactive().
+ *
+ * If we find we already have delalloc preallocation beyond EOF, don't do more
+ * preallocation as it it not needed.
  */
 STATIC int
 xfs_iomap_eof_want_preallocate(
@@ -282,6 +285,7 @@ xfs_iomap_eof_want_preallocate(
 	xfs_filblks_t   count_fsb;
 	xfs_fsblock_t	firstblock;
 	int		n, error, imaps;
+	int		found_delalloc = 0;
 
 	*prealloc = 0;
 	if ((offset + count) <= ip->i_size)
@@ -306,12 +310,60 @@ xfs_iomap_eof_want_preallocate(
 				return 0;
 			start_fsb += imap[n].br_blockcount;
 			count_fsb -= imap[n].br_blockcount;
+
+			if (imap[n].br_startblock == DELAYSTARTBLOCK)
+				found_delalloc = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	*prealloc = 1;
+	if (!found_delalloc)
+		*prealloc = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If we don't have a user specified preallocation size, dynamically increase
+ * the preallocation size as the size of the file grows. Cap the maximum size
+ * at a single extent or less if the filesystem is near full. The closer the
+ * filesystem is to full, the smaller the maximum prealocation.
+ */
+STATIC xfs_fsblock_t
+xfs_iomap_prealloc_size(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	xfs_fsblock_t		alloc_blocks = 0;
+
+	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DFLT_IOSIZE)) {
+		int shift = 0;
+		int64_t freesp;
+
+		alloc_blocks = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, ip->i_size);
+		alloc_blocks = XFS_FILEOFF_MIN(MAXEXTLEN,
+					rounddown_pow_of_two(alloc_blocks));
+
+		xfs_icsb_sync_counters(mp, XFS_ICSB_LAZY_COUNT);
+		freesp = mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks;
+		if (freesp < mp->m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_5_PCNT]) {
+			shift = 2;
+			if (freesp < mp->m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_4_PCNT])
+				shift++;
+			if (freesp < mp->m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_3_PCNT])
+				shift++;
+			if (freesp < mp->m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_2_PCNT])
+				shift++;
+			if (freesp < mp->m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_1_PCNT])
+				shift++;
+		}
+		if (shift)
+			alloc_blocks >>= shift;
+	}
+
+	if (alloc_blocks < mp->m_writeio_blocks)
+		alloc_blocks = mp->m_writeio_blocks;
+
+	return alloc_blocks;
+}
+
 int
 xfs_iomap_write_delay(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip,
@@ -344,6 +396,7 @@ xfs_iomap_write_delay(
 	extsz = xfs_get_extsz_hint(ip);
 	offset_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSBT(mp, offset);
 
+
 	error = xfs_iomap_eof_want_preallocate(mp, ip, offset, count,
 				imap, XFS_WRITE_IMAPS, &prealloc);
 	if (error)
@@ -351,9 +404,11 @@ xfs_iomap_write_delay(
 
 retry:
 	if (prealloc) {
+		xfs_fsblock_t	alloc_blocks = xfs_iomap_prealloc_size(mp, ip);
+
 		aligned_offset = XFS_WRITEIO_ALIGN(mp, (offset + count - 1));
 		ioalign = XFS_B_TO_FSBT(mp, aligned_offset);
-		last_fsb = ioalign + mp->m_writeio_blocks;
+		last_fsb = ioalign + alloc_blocks;
 	} else {
 		last_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, ((xfs_ufsize_t)(offset + count)));
 	}
@@ -371,22 +426,31 @@ retry:
 			  XFS_BMAPI_DELAY | XFS_BMAPI_WRITE |
 			  XFS_BMAPI_ENTIRE, &firstblock, 1, imap,
 			  &nimaps, NULL);
-	if (error && (error != ENOSPC))
+	switch (error) {
+	case 0:
+	case ENOSPC:
+	case EDQUOT:
+		break;
+	default:
 		return XFS_ERROR(error);
+	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If bmapi returned us nothing, and if we didn't get back EDQUOT,
-	 * then we must have run out of space - flush all other inodes with
-	 * delalloc blocks and retry without EOF preallocation.
+	 * If bmapi returned us nothing, we got either ENOSPC or EDQUOT.  For
+	 * ENOSPC, * flush all other inodes with delalloc blocks to free up
+	 * some of the excess reserved metadata space. For both cases, retry
+	 * without EOF preallocation.
 	 */
 	if (nimaps == 0) {
 		trace_xfs_delalloc_enospc(ip, offset, count);
 		if (flushed)
-			return XFS_ERROR(ENOSPC);
+			return XFS_ERROR(error ? error : ENOSPC);
 
-		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_flush_inodes(ip);
-		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+		if (error == ENOSPC) {
+			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+			xfs_flush_inodes(ip);
+			xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+		}
 
 		flushed = 1;
 		error = 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 19e9dfa1c254..40579fdf0d0a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -974,6 +974,24 @@ xfs_set_rw_sizes(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	mp->m_writeio_blocks = 1 << (mp->m_writeio_log - sbp->sb_blocklog);
 }
 
+/*
+ * precalculate the low space thresholds for dynamic speculative preallocation.
+ */
+void
+xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < XFS_LOWSP_MAX; i++) {
+		__uint64_t space = mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks;
+
+		do_div(space, 100);
+		mp->m_low_space[i] = space * (i + 1);
+	}
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Set whether we're using inode alignment.
  */
@@ -1196,6 +1214,9 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	 */
 	xfs_set_rw_sizes(mp);
 
+	/* set the low space thresholds for dynamic preallocation */
+	xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(mp);
+
 	/*
 	 * Set the inode cluster size.
 	 * This may still be overridden by the file system
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 5861b4980740..a62e8971539d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ extern int	xfs_icsb_modify_counters(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_sb_field_t,
 	xfs_mod_incore_sb(mp, field, delta, rsvd)
 #endif
 
+/* dynamic preallocation free space thresholds, 5% down to 1% */
+enum {
+	XFS_LOWSP_1_PCNT = 0,
+	XFS_LOWSP_2_PCNT,
+	XFS_LOWSP_3_PCNT,
+	XFS_LOWSP_4_PCNT,
+	XFS_LOWSP_5_PCNT,
+	XFS_LOWSP_MAX,
+};
+
 typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	struct super_block	*m_super;
 	xfs_tid_t		m_tid;		/* next unused tid for fs */
@@ -202,6 +212,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	__int64_t		m_update_flags;	/* sb flags we need to update
 						   on the next remount,rw */
 	struct shrinker		m_inode_shrink;	/* inode reclaim shrinker */
+	int64_t			m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_MAX];
+						/* low free space thresholds */
 } xfs_mount_t;
 
 /*
@@ -379,6 +391,8 @@ extern int	xfs_sb_validate_fsb_count(struct xfs_sb *, __uint64_t);
 
 extern int	xfs_dev_is_read_only(struct xfs_mount *, char *);
 
+extern void	xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(struct xfs_mount *);
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 extern void	xfs_mod_sb(struct xfs_trans *, __int64_t);