diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
index bdf56cf6622422980f90c1719140dee364983628..99c933762eb278c39543bed91336c95f3e443d0e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static int gfs2_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 
+	ip->i_alloc.al_requested = 0;
 	if (alloc_required) {
 		al = gfs2_alloc_get(ip);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
index 9eedfd12bfff5d60a610e98c50c5f05075d18504..b01e0cfc99b5fc8d38a3b04d059b66fa2c7c4542 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void gfs2_rgrp_repolish_clones(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd);
 struct gfs2_alloc *gfs2_alloc_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 static inline void gfs2_alloc_put(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
-	return; /* Se we can see where ip->i_alloc is used */
+	return; /* So we can see where ip->i_alloc is used */
 }
 
 int gfs2_inplace_reserve_i(struct gfs2_inode *ip,