diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c b/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
index bfe7190..902efb2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
 						   int type,
 						   u32 slot);
 
-static inline int is_global_system_inode(int type);
-static inline int is_in_system_inode_array(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-					   int type,
-					   u32 slot);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 static struct lock_class_key ocfs2_sysfile_cluster_lock_key[NUM_SYSTEM_INODES];
 #endif
@@ -59,11 +54,52 @@
 		type <= OCFS2_LAST_GLOBAL_SYSTEM_INODE;
 }
 
-static inline int is_in_system_inode_array(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-					   int type,
-					   u32 slot)
+static struct inode **get_local_system_inode(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					     int type,
+					     u32 slot)
 {
-	return slot == osb->slot_num || is_global_system_inode(type);
+	int index;
+	struct inode **local_system_inodes, **free = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(slot == OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT);
+	BUG_ON(type < OCFS2_FIRST_LOCAL_SYSTEM_INODE ||
+	       type > OCFS2_LAST_LOCAL_SYSTEM_INODE);
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	local_system_inodes = osb->local_system_inodes;
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	if (unlikely(!local_system_inodes)) {
+		local_system_inodes = kzalloc(sizeof(struct inode *) *
+					      NUM_LOCAL_SYSTEM_INODES *
+					      osb->max_slots,
+					      GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!local_system_inodes) {
+			mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
+			/*
+			 * return NULL here so that ocfs2_get_sytem_file_inodes
+			 * will try to create an inode and use it. We will try
+			 * to initialize local_system_inodes next time.
+			 */
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+		if (osb->local_system_inodes) {
+			/* Someone has initialized it for us. */
+			free = local_system_inodes;
+			local_system_inodes = osb->local_system_inodes;
+		} else
+			osb->local_system_inodes = local_system_inodes;
+		spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+		if (unlikely(free))
+			kfree(free);
+	}
+
+	index = (slot * NUM_LOCAL_SYSTEM_INODES) +
+		(type - OCFS2_FIRST_LOCAL_SYSTEM_INODE);
+
+	return &local_system_inodes[index];
 }
 
 struct inode *ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -74,8 +110,10 @@
 	struct inode **arr = NULL;
 
 	/* avoid the lookup if cached in local system file array */
-	if (is_in_system_inode_array(osb, type, slot))
-		arr = &(osb->system_inodes[type]);
+	if (is_global_system_inode(type)) {
+		arr = &(osb->global_system_inodes[type]);
+	} else
+		arr = get_local_system_inode(osb, type, slot);
 
 	if (arr && ((inode = *arr) != NULL)) {
 		/* get a ref in addition to the array ref */