diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
index 650591f999ae..5a4256120ccc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
@@ -43,6 +43,26 @@ typedef enum xfs_alloctype
 #define	XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK	0x00000001  /* use trylock for buffer locking */
 #define	XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_FREEING	0x00000002  /* indicate caller is freeing extents*/
 
+/*
+ * In order to avoid ENOSPC-related deadlock caused by
+ * out-of-order locking of AGF buffer (PV 947395), we place
+ * constraints on the relationship among actual allocations for
+ * data blocks, freelist blocks, and potential file data bmap
+ * btree blocks. However, these restrictions may result in no
+ * actual space allocated for a delayed extent, for example, a data
+ * block in a certain AG is allocated but there is no additional
+ * block for the additional bmap btree block due to a split of the
+ * bmap btree of the file. The result of this may lead to an
+ * infinite loop in xfssyncd when the file gets flushed to disk and
+ * all delayed extents need to be actually allocated. To get around
+ * this, we explicitly set aside a few blocks which will not be
+ * reserved in delayed allocation. Considering the minimum number of
+ * needed freelist blocks is 4 fsbs _per AG_, a potential split of file's bmap
+ * btree requires 1 fsb, so we set the number of set-aside blocks
+ * to 4 + 4*agcount.
+ */
+#define XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp)  (4 + ((mp)->m_sb.sb_agcount * 4))
+
 /*
  * Argument structure for xfs_alloc routines.
  * This is turned into a structure to avoid having 20 arguments passed
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index 077629bab532..c064e72ada9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ xfs_fs_counts(
 
 	xfs_icsb_sync_counters_lazy(mp);
 	s = XFS_SB_LOCK(mp);
-	cnt->freedata = mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks;
+	cnt->freedata = mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks - XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 	cnt->freertx = mp->m_sb.sb_frextents;
 	cnt->freeino = mp->m_sb.sb_ifree;
 	cnt->allocino = mp->m_sb.sb_icount;
@@ -519,15 +519,19 @@ xfs_reserve_blocks(
 		}
 		mp->m_resblks = request;
 	} else {
+		__int64_t	free;
+
+		free =  mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks - XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		delta = request - mp->m_resblks;
-		lcounter = mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks - delta;
+		lcounter = free - delta;
 		if (lcounter < 0) {
 			/* We can't satisfy the request, just get what we can */
-			mp->m_resblks += mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks;
-			mp->m_resblks_avail += mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks;
-			mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks = 0;
+			mp->m_resblks += free;
+			mp->m_resblks_avail += free;
+			mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks = XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		} else {
-			mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks = lcounter;
+			mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks =
+				lcounter + XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 			mp->m_resblks = request;
 			mp->m_resblks_avail += delta;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 4be5c0b2d296..9dfae18d995f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -1243,24 +1243,6 @@ xfs_mod_sb(xfs_trans_t *tp, __int64_t fields)
 	xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, first, last);
 }
 
-/*
- * In order to avoid ENOSPC-related deadlock caused by
- * out-of-order locking of AGF buffer (PV 947395), we place
- * constraints on the relationship among actual allocations for
- * data blocks, freelist blocks, and potential file data bmap
- * btree blocks. However, these restrictions may result in no
- * actual space allocated for a delayed extent, for example, a data
- * block in a certain AG is allocated but there is no additional
- * block for the additional bmap btree block due to a split of the
- * bmap btree of the file. The result of this may lead to an
- * infinite loop in xfssyncd when the file gets flushed to disk and
- * all delayed extents need to be actually allocated. To get around
- * this, we explicitly set aside a few blocks which will not be
- * reserved in delayed allocation. Considering the minimum number of
- * needed freelist blocks is 4 fsbs, a potential split of file's bmap
- * btree requires 1 fsb, so we set the number of set-aside blocks to 8.
-*/
-#define SET_ASIDE_BLOCKS 8
 
 /*
  * xfs_mod_incore_sb_unlocked() is a utility routine common used to apply
@@ -1306,7 +1288,8 @@ xfs_mod_incore_sb_unlocked(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_sb_field_t field,
 		return 0;
 	case XFS_SBS_FDBLOCKS:
 
-		lcounter = (long long)mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks - SET_ASIDE_BLOCKS;
+		lcounter = (long long)
+			mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks - XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		res_used = (long long)(mp->m_resblks - mp->m_resblks_avail);
 
 		if (delta > 0) {		/* Putting blocks back */
@@ -1340,7 +1323,7 @@ xfs_mod_incore_sb_unlocked(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_sb_field_t field,
 			}
 		}
 
-		mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks = lcounter + SET_ASIDE_BLOCKS;
+		mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks = lcounter + XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		return 0;
 	case XFS_SBS_FREXTENTS:
 		lcounter = (long long)mp->m_sb.sb_frextents;
@@ -2021,7 +2004,8 @@ xfs_icsb_sync_counters_lazy(
  * when we get near ENOSPC.
  */
 #define XFS_ICSB_INO_CNTR_REENABLE	64
-#define XFS_ICSB_FDBLK_CNTR_REENABLE	512
+#define XFS_ICSB_FDBLK_CNTR_REENABLE(mp) \
+		(512 + XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp))
 STATIC void
 xfs_icsb_balance_counter(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
@@ -2055,7 +2039,7 @@ xfs_icsb_balance_counter(
 	case XFS_SBS_FDBLOCKS:
 		count = mp->m_sb.sb_fdblocks;
 		resid = do_div(count, weight);
-		if (count < XFS_ICSB_FDBLK_CNTR_REENABLE)
+		if (count < XFS_ICSB_FDBLK_CNTR_REENABLE(mp))
 			goto out;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -2110,11 +2094,11 @@ again:
 	case XFS_SBS_FDBLOCKS:
 		BUG_ON((mp->m_resblks - mp->m_resblks_avail) != 0);
 
-		lcounter = icsbp->icsb_fdblocks;
+		lcounter = icsbp->icsb_fdblocks - XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		lcounter += delta;
 		if (unlikely(lcounter < 0))
 			goto slow_path;
-		icsbp->icsb_fdblocks = lcounter;
+		icsbp->icsb_fdblocks = lcounter + XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 		break;
 	default:
 		BUG();
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
index b427d220a169..a34796e57afb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ xfs_statvfs(
 	statp->f_bsize = sbp->sb_blocksize;
 	lsize = sbp->sb_logstart ? sbp->sb_logblocks : 0;
 	statp->f_blocks = sbp->sb_dblocks - lsize;
-	statp->f_bfree = statp->f_bavail = sbp->sb_fdblocks;
+	statp->f_bfree = statp->f_bavail =
+				sbp->sb_fdblocks - XFS_ALLOC_SET_ASIDE(mp);
 	fakeinos = statp->f_bfree << sbp->sb_inopblog;
 #if XFS_BIG_INUMS
 	fakeinos += mp->m_inoadd;