diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 892ac37de8ae..be5801a75406 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ struct gfs2_alloc {
 enum {
 	GIF_INVALID		= 0,
 	GIF_QD_LOCKED		= 1,
+	GIF_ALLOC_FAILED	= 2,
 	GIF_SW_PAGED		= 3,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 900cf986aadc..044efe273b97 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -736,10 +736,12 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 fail_gunlock2:
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs + 1);
-	if (inode && !IS_ERR(inode))
-		iput(inode);
 fail_gunlock:
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs);
+	if (inode && !IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		set_bit(GIF_ALLOC_FAILED, &GFS2_I(inode)->i_flags);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
 fail:
 	if (bh)
 		brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index afb87615c014..9961de702d1b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1471,9 +1471,11 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = gfs2_check_blk_type(sdp, ip->i_no_addr, GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_truncate;
+	if (!test_bit(GIF_ALLOC_FAILED, &ip->i_flags)) {
+		error = gfs2_check_blk_type(sdp, ip->i_no_addr, GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_truncate;
+	}
 
 	if (test_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags)) {
 		error = gfs2_inode_refresh(ip);
@@ -1513,6 +1515,10 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	goto out_unlock;
 
 out_truncate:
+	gfs2_log_flush(sdp, ip->i_gl);
+	write_inode_now(inode, 1);
+	gfs2_ail_flush(ip->i_gl);
+
 	/* Case 2 starts here */
 	error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, 0, sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
 	if (error)