diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 4acf1f7..19599bd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -62,15 +62,28 @@
 		cancel_work_sync(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten_work);
 }
 
-void ext4_free_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io)
+static void ext4_release_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!io);
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&io->list));
-	BUG_ON(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN);
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&io_end->list));
+	BUG_ON(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN);
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&EXT4_I(io->inode)->i_ioend_count))
-		wake_up_all(ext4_ioend_wq(io->inode));
-	kmem_cache_free(io_end_cachep, io);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&EXT4_I(io_end->inode)->i_ioend_count))
+		wake_up_all(ext4_ioend_wq(io_end->inode));
+	if (io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_DIRECT)
+		inode_dio_done(io_end->inode);
+	if (io_end->iocb)
+		aio_complete(io_end->iocb, io_end->result, 0);
+	kmem_cache_free(io_end_cachep, io_end);
+}
+
+static void ext4_clear_io_unwritten_flag(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = io_end->inode;
+
+	io_end->flag &= ~EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
+	/* Wake up anyone waiting on unwritten extent conversion */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten))
+		wake_up_all(ext4_ioend_wq(inode));
 }
 
 /* check a range of space and convert unwritten extents to written. */
@@ -93,13 +106,8 @@
 			 "(inode %lu, offset %llu, size %zd, error %d)",
 			 inode->i_ino, offset, size, ret);
 	}
-	/* Wake up anyone waiting on unwritten extent conversion */
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten))
-		wake_up_all(ext4_ioend_wq(inode));
-	if (io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_DIRECT)
-		inode_dio_done(inode);
-	if (io->iocb)
-		aio_complete(io->iocb, io->result, 0);
+	ext4_clear_io_unwritten_flag(io);
+	ext4_release_io_end(io);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Add the io_end to per-inode completed end_io list. */
-void ext4_add_complete_io(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
+static void ext4_add_complete_io(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
 {
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(io_end->inode);
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
@@ -167,8 +175,6 @@
 		err = ext4_end_io(io);
 		if (unlikely(!ret && err))
 			ret = err;
-		io->flag &= ~EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
-		ext4_free_io_end(io);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -200,10 +206,43 @@
 		atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_ioend_count);
 		io->inode = inode;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->list);
+		atomic_set(&io->count, 1);
 	}
 	return io;
 }
 
+void ext4_put_io_end_defer(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io_end->count)) {
+		if (!(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN) || !io_end->size) {
+			ext4_release_io_end(io_end);
+			return;
+		}
+		ext4_add_complete_io(io_end);
+	}
+}
+
+int ext4_put_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io_end->count)) {
+		if (io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN) {
+			err = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(io_end->inode,
+						io_end->offset, io_end->size);
+			ext4_clear_io_unwritten_flag(io_end);
+		}
+		ext4_release_io_end(io_end);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+ext4_io_end_t *ext4_get_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io_end)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&io_end->count);
+	return io_end;
+}
+
 /*
  * Print an buffer I/O error compatible with the fs/buffer.c.  This
  * provides compatibility with dmesg scrapers that look for a specific
@@ -286,12 +325,7 @@
 			     bi_sector >> (inode->i_blkbits - 9));
 	}
 
-	if (!(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
-		ext4_free_io_end(io_end);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ext4_add_complete_io(io_end);
+	ext4_put_io_end_defer(io_end);
 }
 
 void ext4_io_submit(struct ext4_io_submit *io)
@@ -305,40 +339,37 @@
 		bio_put(io->io_bio);
 	}
 	io->io_bio = NULL;
-	io->io_op = 0;
+}
+
+void ext4_io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
+			 struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?  WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
+	io->io_bio = NULL;
 	io->io_end = NULL;
 }
 
-static int io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
-			  struct inode *inode,
-			  struct writeback_control *wbc,
-			  struct buffer_head *bh)
+static int io_submit_init_bio(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
+			      struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	ext4_io_end_t *io_end;
-	struct page *page = bh->b_page;
 	int nvecs = bio_get_nr_vecs(bh->b_bdev);
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	io_end = ext4_init_io_end(inode, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!io_end)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, min(nvecs, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
 	bio->bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bh->b_bdev;
-	bio->bi_private = io->io_end = io_end;
 	bio->bi_end_io = ext4_end_bio;
-
-	io_end->offset = (page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + bh_offset(bh);
-
+	bio->bi_private = ext4_get_io_end(io->io_end);
+	if (!io->io_end->size)
+		io->io_end->offset = (bh->b_page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)
+				     + bh_offset(bh);
 	io->io_bio = bio;
-	io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?  WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 	io->io_next_block = bh->b_blocknr;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 			    struct inode *inode,
-			    struct writeback_control *wbc,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	ext4_io_end_t *io_end;
@@ -349,18 +380,18 @@
 		ext4_io_submit(io);
 	}
 	if (io->io_bio == NULL) {
-		ret = io_submit_init(io, inode, wbc, bh);
+		ret = io_submit_init_bio(io, bh);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
-	io_end = io->io_end;
-	if (test_clear_buffer_uninit(bh))
-		ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io_end);
-	io->io_end->size += bh->b_size;
-	io->io_next_block++;
 	ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 	if (ret != bh->b_size)
 		goto submit_and_retry;
+	io_end = io->io_end;
+	if (test_clear_buffer_uninit(bh))
+		ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io_end);
+	io_end->size += bh->b_size;
+	io->io_next_block++;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +463,7 @@
 	do {
 		if (!buffer_async_write(bh))
 			continue;
-		ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, inode, wbc, bh);
+		ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, inode, bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			/*
 			 * We only get here on ENOMEM.  Not much else