diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 460c0cedab3a..7dabbc31060e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -6106,6 +6106,43 @@ void ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to flush truncate logs if we can free enough clusters from it.
+ * As for return value, "< 0" means error, "0" no space and "1" means
+ * we have freed enough spaces and let the caller try to allocate again.
+ */
+int ocfs2_try_to_free_truncate_log(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					unsigned int needed)
+{
+	tid_t target;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int truncated_clusters;
+
+	inode_lock(osb->osb_tl_inode);
+	truncated_clusters = osb->truncated_clusters;
+	inode_unlock(osb->osb_tl_inode);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check whether we can succeed in allocating if we free
+	 * the truncate log.
+	 */
+	if (truncated_clusters < needed)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(osb);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (jbd2_journal_start_commit(osb->journal->j_journal, &target)) {
+		jbd2_log_wait_commit(osb->journal->j_journal, target);
+		ret = 1;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_get_truncate_log_info(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				       int slot_num,
 				       struct inode **tl_inode,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index f3dc1b0dfffc..4a5152ec88a3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ int ocfs2_truncate_log_append(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			      u64 start_blk,
 			      unsigned int num_clusters);
 int __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+int ocfs2_try_to_free_truncate_log(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				   unsigned int needed);
 
 /*
  * Process local structure which describes the block unlinks done
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index af2adfcb0f6f..98d36548153d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1645,43 +1645,6 @@ static int ocfs2_zero_tail(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Try to flush truncate logs if we can free enough clusters from it.
- * As for return value, "< 0" means error, "0" no space and "1" means
- * we have freed enough spaces and let the caller try to allocate again.
- */
-static int ocfs2_try_to_free_truncate_log(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-					  unsigned int needed)
-{
-	tid_t target;
-	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned int truncated_clusters;
-
-	inode_lock(osb->osb_tl_inode);
-	truncated_clusters = osb->truncated_clusters;
-	inode_unlock(osb->osb_tl_inode);
-
-	/*
-	 * Check whether we can succeed in allocating if we free
-	 * the truncate log.
-	 */
-	if (truncated_clusters < needed)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(osb);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (jbd2_journal_start_commit(osb->journal->j_journal, &target)) {
-		jbd2_log_wait_commit(osb->journal->j_journal, target);
-		ret = 1;
-	}
-out:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 			     loff_t pos, unsigned len, ocfs2_write_type_t type,
 			     struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 2f19aeec5482..ea47120a85ff 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,8 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					     int flags,
 					     struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status, ret = 0;
+	int retried = 0;
 
 	*ac = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_alloc_context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!(*ac)) {
@@ -1189,7 +1190,24 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	if (status == -ENOSPC) {
+retry:
 		status = ocfs2_reserve_cluster_bitmap_bits(osb, *ac);
+		/* Retry if there is sufficient space cached in truncate log */
+		if (status == -ENOSPC && !retried) {
+			retried = 1;
+			ocfs2_inode_unlock((*ac)->ac_inode, 1);
+			inode_unlock((*ac)->ac_inode);
+
+			ret = ocfs2_try_to_free_truncate_log(osb, bits_wanted);
+			if (ret == 1)
+				goto retry;
+
+			if (ret < 0)
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+
+			inode_lock((*ac)->ac_inode);
+			ocfs2_inode_lock((*ac)->ac_inode, NULL, 1);
+		}
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOSPC)
 				mlog_errno(status);