diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index e607419cdfa46b445ff000f9cca6b2cc535093ab..a244f14c6b87737ca75c1d1c34dcf4e80ad0de40 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1159,10 +1159,8 @@ static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode)
 	int status = 0;
 	int i;
 	u64 v_blkno, p_blkno, p_blocks, num_blocks;
-#define CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL 32ULL
-	struct buffer_head *bhs[CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL];
-
-	memset(bhs, 0, sizeof(struct buffer_head *) * CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL);
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	num_blocks = ocfs2_blocks_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, i_size_read(inode));
 	v_blkno = 0;
@@ -1174,29 +1172,32 @@ static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode)
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
-		if (p_blocks > CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL)
-			p_blocks = CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL;
-
-		/* We are reading journal data which should not
-		 * be put in the uptodate cache */
-		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-						p_blkno, p_blocks, bhs);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		for (i = 0; i < p_blocks; i++, p_blkno++) {
+			bh = __find_get_block(osb->sb->s_bdev, p_blkno,
+					osb->sb->s_blocksize);
+			/* block not cached. */
+			if (!bh)
+				continue;
+
+			brelse(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
+			/* We are reading journal data which should not
+			 * be put in the uptodate cache.
+			 */
+			status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, p_blkno, 1, &bh);
+			if (status < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(status);
+				goto bail;
+			}
 
-		for(i = 0; i < p_blocks; i++) {
-			brelse(bhs[i]);
-			bhs[i] = NULL;
+			brelse(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
 		}
 
 		v_blkno += p_blocks;
 	}
 
 bail:
-	for(i = 0; i < CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL; i++)
-		brelse(bhs[i]);
 	return status;
 }