diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index f180ce8..a7cf713 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
 	ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
-	ASSERT(completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(!xfs_isiflocked(ip));
 	ASSERT(ip->i_ino == 0);
 
 	mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	/* asserts to verify all state is correct here */
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
 	ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
-	ASSERT(completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(!xfs_isiflocked(ip));
 
 	/*
 	 * Because we use RCU freeing we need to ensure the inode always
@@ -713,3 +713,19 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+void
+__xfs_iflock(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = bit_waitqueue(&ip->i_flags, __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &ip->i_flags, __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT);
+
+	do {
+		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wq, &wait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (xfs_isiflocked(ip))
+			io_schedule();
+	} while (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip));
+
+	finish_wait(wq, &wait.wait);
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 96b29e3..eeb60d3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@
 	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_iflush_count);
 
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED));
-	ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(xfs_isiflocked(ip));
 	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE ||
 	       ip->i_d.di_nextents > XFS_IFORK_MAXEXT(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK));
 
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED));
-	ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(xfs_isiflocked(ip));
 	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE ||
 	       ip->i_d.di_nextents > XFS_IFORK_MAXEXT(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK));
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index be8dc0c..960d2a8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@
 	struct xfs_inode_log_item *i_itemp;	/* logging information */
 	mrlock_t		i_lock;		/* inode lock */
 	mrlock_t		i_iolock;	/* inode IO lock */
-	struct completion	i_flush;	/* inode flush completion q */
 	atomic_t		i_pincount;	/* inode pin count */
 	wait_queue_head_t	i_ipin_wait;	/* inode pinning wait queue */
 	spinlock_t		i_flags_lock;	/* inode i_flags lock */
@@ -324,6 +323,19 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int
+xfs_iflags_test_and_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	ret = ip->i_flags & flags;
+	if (!ret)
+		ip->i_flags |= flags;
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Project quota id helpers (previously projid was 16bit only
  * and using two 16bit values to hold new 32bit projid was chosen
@@ -344,35 +356,17 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Manage the i_flush queue embedded in the inode.  This completion
- * queue synchronizes processes attempting to flush the in-core
- * inode back to disk.
- */
-static inline void xfs_iflock(xfs_inode_t *ip)
-{
-	wait_for_completion(&ip->i_flush);
-}
-
-static inline int xfs_iflock_nowait(xfs_inode_t *ip)
-{
-	return try_wait_for_completion(&ip->i_flush);
-}
-
-static inline void xfs_ifunlock(xfs_inode_t *ip)
-{
-	complete(&ip->i_flush);
-}
-
-/*
  * In-core inode flags.
  */
-#define XFS_IRECLAIM		0x0001  /* started reclaiming this inode */
-#define XFS_ISTALE		0x0002	/* inode has been staled */
-#define XFS_IRECLAIMABLE	0x0004	/* inode can be reclaimed */
-#define XFS_INEW		0x0008	/* inode has just been allocated */
-#define XFS_IFILESTREAM		0x0010	/* inode is in a filestream directory */
-#define XFS_ITRUNCATED		0x0020	/* truncated down so flush-on-close */
-#define XFS_IDIRTY_RELEASE	0x0040	/* dirty release already seen */
+#define XFS_IRECLAIM		(1 << 0) /* started reclaiming this inode */
+#define XFS_ISTALE		(1 << 1) /* inode has been staled */
+#define XFS_IRECLAIMABLE	(1 << 2) /* inode can be reclaimed */
+#define XFS_INEW		(1 << 3) /* inode has just been allocated */
+#define XFS_IFILESTREAM		(1 << 4) /* inode is in a filestream dir. */
+#define XFS_ITRUNCATED		(1 << 5) /* truncated down so flush-on-close */
+#define XFS_IDIRTY_RELEASE	(1 << 6) /* dirty release already seen */
+#define __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT	7	 /* inode is being flushed right now */
+#define XFS_IFLOCK		(1 << __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT)
 
 /*
  * Per-lifetime flags need to be reset when re-using a reclaimable inode during
@@ -385,6 +379,34 @@
 	 XFS_IFILESTREAM);
 
 /*
+ * Synchronize processes attempting to flush the in-core inode back to disk.
+ */
+
+extern void __xfs_iflock(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+
+static inline int xfs_iflock_nowait(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	return !xfs_iflags_test_and_set(ip, XFS_IFLOCK);
+}
+
+static inline void xfs_iflock(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	if (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip))
+		__xfs_iflock(ip);
+}
+
+static inline void xfs_ifunlock(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_IFLOCK);
+	wake_up_bit(&ip->i_flags, __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT);
+}
+
+static inline int xfs_isiflocked(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	return xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IFLOCK);
+}
+
+/*
  * Flags for inode locking.
  * Bit ranges:	1<<1  - 1<<16-1 -- iolock/ilock modes (bitfield)
  *		1<<16 - 1<<32-1 -- lockdep annotation (integers)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 2b6b4fc..c8d4ce0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
 	 * If a flush is not in progress anymore, chances are that the
 	 * inode was taken off the AIL. So, just get out.
 	 */
-	if (completion_done(&ip->i_flush) ||
+	if (!xfs_isiflocked(ip) ||
 	    !(lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)) {
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return true;
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = iip->ili_inode;
 
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED));
-	ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
+	ASSERT(xfs_isiflocked(ip));
 
 	/*
 	 * Since we were able to lock the inode's flush lock and
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 281961c..6851fa7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -829,13 +829,6 @@
 	atomic_set(&ip->i_pincount, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ip->i_ipin_wait);
-	/*
-	 * Because we want to use a counting completion, complete
-	 * the flush completion once to allow a single access to
-	 * the flush completion without blocking.
-	 */
-	init_completion(&ip->i_flush);
-	complete(&ip->i_flush);
 
 	mrlock_init(&ip->i_lock, MRLOCK_ALLOW_EQUAL_PRI|MRLOCK_BARRIER,
 		     "xfsino", ip->i_ino);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
index 72c01a1..40b75ee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
@@ -707,14 +707,13 @@
 		return 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * do some unlocked checks first to avoid unnecessary lock traffic.
-	 * The first is a flush lock check, the second is a already in reclaim
-	 * check. Only do these checks if we are not going to block on locks.
+	 * If we are asked for non-blocking operation, do unlocked checks to
+	 * see if the inode already is being flushed or in reclaim to avoid
+	 * lock traffic.
 	 */
 	if ((flags & SYNC_TRYLOCK) &&
-	    (!ip->i_flush.done || __xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM))) {
+	    __xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IFLOCK | XFS_IRECLAIM))
 		return 1;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The radix tree lock here protects a thread in xfs_iget from racing