diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index fc8ac2ee0667c8d66082aa48f05f9acee452a8ac..9516f5c021518404bcd2a4b809dd536c9374185a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	gfs2_set_inode_blocks(inode, 1);
 	munge_mode_uid_gid(dip, inode);
+	check_and_update_goal(dip);
 	ip->i_goal = dip->i_goal;
 	ip->i_diskflags = 0;
 	ip->i_eattr = 0;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index f4cb9c0d6bbdce4bdfc4a82b20aa7aa2ac119829..55ef72dc5b13c80c8c9dcb37a45b5dd18e93dd29 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -577,6 +577,13 @@ struct gfs2_rgrpd *gfs2_rgrpd_get_next(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 	return rgd;
 }
 
+void check_and_update_goal(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+	if (!ip->i_goal || gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal, 1) == NULL)
+		ip->i_goal = ip->i_no_addr;
+}
+
 void gfs2_free_clones(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 {
 	int x;
@@ -1910,6 +1917,7 @@ int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const struct gfs2_alloc_parms *a
 	} else if (ip->i_rgd && rgrp_contains_block(ip->i_rgd, ip->i_goal)) {
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd = begin = ip->i_rgd;
 	} else {
+		check_and_update_goal(ip);
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd = begin = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal, 1);
 	}
 	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode) && (ap->aflags & GFS2_AF_ORLOV))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
index 463ab2e95d1cb94cafd6e31118ae77000754bd71..5d8f085f7adea18f9acce4ea5ed7f9e15527a7d0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@ static inline bool gfs2_rs_active(struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs)
 	return rs && !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&rs->rs_node);
 }
 
+extern void check_and_update_goal(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 #endif /* __RGRP_DOT_H__ */