diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
index eadf319bee22..68000a50ceb6 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 static void dbAllocBits(struct bmap * bmp, struct dmap * dp, s64 blkno,
 			int nblocks);
 static void dbSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno, int splitsz, int newval);
-static void dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno);
+static int dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno);
 static int dbJoin(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno, int newval);
 static void dbAdjTree(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno, int newval);
 static int dbAdjCtl(struct bmap * bmp, s64 blkno, int newval, int alloc,
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ int dbSync(struct inode *ipbmap)
 	filemap_fdatawrite(ipbmap->i_mapping);
 	filemap_fdatawait(ipbmap->i_mapping);
 
-	ipbmap->i_state |= I_DIRTY;
 	diWriteSpecial(ipbmap, 0);
 
 	return (0);
@@ -2467,7 +2466,9 @@ dbAdjCtl(struct bmap * bmp, s64 blkno, int newval, int alloc, int level)
 		 * that it is at the front of a binary buddy system.
 		 */
 		if (oldval == NOFREE) {
-			dbBackSplit((dmtree_t *) dcp, leafno);
+			rc = dbBackSplit((dmtree_t *) dcp, leafno);
+			if (rc)
+				return rc;
 			oldval = dcp->stree[ti];
 		}
 		dbSplit((dmtree_t *) dcp, leafno, dcp->budmin, newval);
@@ -2627,7 +2628,7 @@ static void dbSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno, int splitsz, int newval)
  *
  * serialization: IREAD_LOCK(ipbmap) or IWRITE_LOCK(ipbmap) held on entry/exit;
  */
-static void dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno)
+static int dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno)
 {
 	int budsz, bud, w, bsz, size;
 	int cursz;
@@ -2662,7 +2663,10 @@ static void dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno)
 		 */
 		for (w = leafno, bsz = budsz;; bsz <<= 1,
 		     w = (w < bud) ? w : bud) {
-			assert(bsz < le32_to_cpu(tp->dmt_nleafs));
+			if (bsz >= le32_to_cpu(tp->dmt_nleafs)) {
+				jfs_err("JFS: block map error in dbBackSplit");
+				return -EIO;
+			}
 
 			/* determine the buddy.
 			 */
@@ -2681,7 +2685,11 @@ static void dbBackSplit(dmtree_t * tp, int leafno)
 		}
 	}
 
-	assert(leaf[leafno] == size);
+	if (leaf[leafno] != size) {
+		jfs_err("JFS: wrong leaf value in dbBackSplit");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
index 4021d46da7e3..28201b194f53 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
 #include "jfs_superblock.h"
 #include "jfs_debug.h"
 
+/*
+ * __mark_inode_dirty expects inodes to be hashed.  Since we don't want
+ * special inodes in the fileset inode space, we hash them to a dummy head
+ */
+static HLIST_HEAD(aggregate_hash);
+
 /*
  * imap locks
  */
@@ -491,6 +497,8 @@ struct inode *diReadSpecial(struct super_block *sb, ino_t inum, int secondary)
 	/* release the page */
 	release_metapage(mp);
 
+	hlist_add_head(&ip->i_hash, &aggregate_hash);
+
 	return (ip);
 }
 
@@ -514,8 +522,6 @@ void diWriteSpecial(struct inode *ip, int secondary)
 	ino_t inum = ip->i_ino;
 	struct metapage *mp;
 
-	ip->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
-
 	if (secondary)
 		address = addressPXD(&sbi->ait2) >> sbi->l2nbperpage;
 	else
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
index eeb37d70e650..26091a5f88d4 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ static int metapage_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 		if (mp->nohomeok && !test_bit(META_forcewrite, &mp->flag)) {
 			redirty = 1;
+			/*
+			 * Make sure this page isn't blocked indefinitely.
+			 * If the journal isn't undergoing I/O, push it
+			 */
+			if (mp->log && !(mp->log->cflag & logGC_PAGEOUT))
+				jfs_flush_journal(mp->log, 0);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index 9b71ed2674fe..b660c93c92de 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -2396,7 +2396,6 @@ static void txUpdateMap(struct tblock * tblk)
 	 */
 	if (tblk->xflag & COMMIT_CREATE) {
 		diUpdatePMap(ipimap, tblk->ino, FALSE, tblk);
-		ipimap->i_state |= I_DIRTY;
 		/* update persistent block allocation map
 		 * for the allocation of inode extent;
 		 */
@@ -2407,7 +2406,6 @@ static void txUpdateMap(struct tblock * tblk)
 	} else if (tblk->xflag & COMMIT_DELETE) {
 		ip = tblk->u.ip;
 		diUpdatePMap(ipimap, ip->i_ino, TRUE, tblk);
-		ipimap->i_state |= I_DIRTY;
 		iput(ip);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_xtree.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_xtree.c
index a7fe2f2b969f..e72f4ebb6e9c 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_xtree.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_xtree.c
@@ -3516,16 +3516,10 @@ s64 xtTruncate(tid_t tid, struct inode *ip, s64 newsize, int flag)
 	/* process entries backward from last index */
 	index = le16_to_cpu(p->header.nextindex) - 1;
 
-	if (p->header.flag & BT_INTERNAL)
-		goto getChild;
 
-	/*
-	 *      leaf page
-	 */
-
-	/* Since this is the rightmost leaf, and we may have already freed
-	 * a page that was formerly to the right, let's make sure that the
-	 * next pointer is zero.
+	/* Since this is the rightmost page at this level, and we may have
+	 * already freed a page that was formerly to the right, let's make
+	 * sure that the next pointer is zero.
 	 */
 	if (p->header.next) {
 		if (log)
@@ -3539,6 +3533,12 @@ s64 xtTruncate(tid_t tid, struct inode *ip, s64 newsize, int flag)
 		p->header.next = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (p->header.flag & BT_INTERNAL)
+		goto getChild;
+
+	/*
+	 *      leaf page
+	 */
 	freed = 0;
 
 	/* does region covered by leaf page precede Teof ? */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index 71bc34b96b2b..4226af3ea91b 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static int jfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	inode->i_nlink = 1;
 	inode->i_size = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_size;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &jfs_metapage_aops;
+	insert_inode_hash(inode);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 
 	sbi->direct_inode = inode;