diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 1b192c8d404d..b792dbcc83f6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ void gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync)
 
 static void rgrp_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
-	struct address_space *metamapping = gfs2_glock2aspace(gl);
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
+	struct address_space *mapping = &sdp->sd_aspace;
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd;
 	int error;
 
@@ -141,10 +142,10 @@ static void rgrp_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 		return;
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, gl->gl_state != LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE);
 
-	gfs2_log_flush(gl->gl_sbd, gl);
-	filemap_fdatawrite_range(metamapping, gl->gl_vm.start, gl->gl_vm.end);
-	error = filemap_fdatawait_range(metamapping, gl->gl_vm.start, gl->gl_vm.end);
-        mapping_set_error(metamapping, error);
+	gfs2_log_flush(sdp, gl);
+	filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, gl->gl_vm.start, gl->gl_vm.end);
+	error = filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, gl->gl_vm.start, gl->gl_vm.end);
+	mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
 	gfs2_ail_empty_gl(gl);
 
 	spin_lock(&gl->gl_spin);
@@ -166,10 +167,11 @@ static void rgrp_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 
 static void rgrp_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = gfs2_glock2aspace(gl);
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
+	struct address_space *mapping = &sdp->sd_aspace;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & DIO_METADATA));
-	gfs2_assert_withdraw(gl->gl_sbd, !atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count));
+	gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count));
 	truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, gl->gl_vm.start, gl->gl_vm.end);
 
 	if (gl->gl_object) {
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ const struct gfs2_glock_operations gfs2_rgrp_glops = {
 	.go_unlock = gfs2_rgrp_go_unlock,
 	.go_dump = gfs2_rgrp_dump,
 	.go_type = LM_TYPE_RGRP,
-	.go_flags = GLOF_ASPACE | GLOF_LVB,
+	.go_flags = GLOF_LVB,
 };
 
 const struct gfs2_glock_operations gfs2_trans_glops = {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index e6544ee0c137..a99f60c98845 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ struct gfs2_sbd {
 
 	/* Log stuff */
 
+	struct address_space sd_aspace;
+
 	spinlock_t sd_log_lock;
 
 	struct gfs2_trans *sd_log_tr;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index cdadb92372f2..58f06400b7b8 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -589,8 +589,12 @@ static int buf_lo_scan_elements(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, unsigned int start,
 static void gfs2_meta_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = gfs2_glock2aspace(gl);
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
 	int error;
 
+	if (mapping == NULL)
+		mapping = &sdp->sd_aspace;
+
 	filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 	error = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 52f177be3bf8..c7f24690ed05 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_getbuf(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 blkno, int create)
 	unsigned long index;
 	unsigned int bufnum;
 
+	if (mapping == NULL)
+		mapping = &sdp->sd_aspace;
+
 	shift = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize_shift;
 	index = blkno >> shift;             /* convert block to page */
 	bufnum = blkno - (index << shift);  /* block buf index within page */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 52fa88314f5c..94aab31477b6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "meta_io.h"
 #include "trace_gfs2.h"
 
 #define DO 0
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ static void gfs2_tune_init(struct gfs2_tune *gt)
 static struct gfs2_sbd *init_sbd(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
 
 	sdp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gfs2_sbd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sdp)
@@ -98,6 +100,16 @@ static struct gfs2_sbd *init_sbd(struct super_block *sb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_trunc_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_trunc_lock);
 
+	mapping = &sdp->sd_aspace;
+
+	mapping->a_ops = &gfs2_meta_aops;
+	mapping->host = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode;
+	mapping->flags = 0;
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
+	mapping->private_data = NULL;
+	mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
+	mapping->writeback_index = 0;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_log_lock);
 	atomic_set(&sdp->sd_log_pinned, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_log_le_buf);