diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index f9af555f9e69250a13b87e1f27ab711014262884..0a1aaf8c24c4b564f600cb618e83c2e05a12a062 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static int __al_write_transaction(struct drbd_device *device, struct al_transact
 
 	i = 0;
 
+	drbd_bm_reset_al_hints(device);
+
 	/* Even though no one can start to change this list
 	 * once we set the LC_LOCKED -- from drbd_al_begin_io(),
 	 * lc_try_lock_for_transaction() --, someone may still
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index 0807fcbf863dd199ea5038b7e74fad63491f1053..ab62b81c2ca7274342e58b9e5b4c0fc7ffc724fa 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ struct drbd_bitmap {
 	struct page **bm_pages;
 	spinlock_t bm_lock;
 
+	/* exclusively to be used by __al_write_transaction(),
+	 * drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout() and
+	 * and drbd_bm_write_hinted() -> bm_rw() called from there.
+	 */
+	unsigned int n_bitmap_hints;
+	unsigned int al_bitmap_hints[AL_UPDATES_PER_TRANSACTION];
+
 	/* see LIMITATIONS: above */
 
 	unsigned long bm_set;       /* nr of set bits; THINK maybe atomic_t? */
@@ -242,6 +249,11 @@ static void bm_set_page_need_writeout(struct page *page)
 	set_bit(BM_PAGE_NEED_WRITEOUT, &page_private(page));
 }
 
+void drbd_bm_reset_al_hints(struct drbd_device *device)
+{
+	device->bitmap->n_bitmap_hints = 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout() - mark a page with a "hint" to be considered for writeout
  * @device:	DRBD device.
@@ -253,6 +265,7 @@ static void bm_set_page_need_writeout(struct page *page)
  */
 void drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout(struct drbd_device *device, int page_nr)
 {
+	struct drbd_bitmap *b = device->bitmap;
 	struct page *page;
 	if (page_nr >= device->bitmap->bm_number_of_pages) {
 		drbd_warn(device, "BAD: page_nr: %u, number_of_pages: %u\n",
@@ -260,7 +273,9 @@ void drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout(struct drbd_device *device, int page_nr)
 		return;
 	}
 	page = device->bitmap->bm_pages[page_nr];
-	set_bit(BM_PAGE_HINT_WRITEOUT, &page_private(page));
+	BUG_ON(b->n_bitmap_hints >= ARRAY_SIZE(b->al_bitmap_hints));
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(BM_PAGE_HINT_WRITEOUT, &page_private(page)))
+		b->al_bitmap_hints[b->n_bitmap_hints++] = page_nr;
 }
 
 static int bm_test_page_unchanged(struct page *page)
@@ -1030,7 +1045,7 @@ static int bm_rw(struct drbd_device *device, const unsigned int flags, unsigned
 {
 	struct drbd_bm_aio_ctx *ctx;
 	struct drbd_bitmap *b = device->bitmap;
-	int num_pages, i, count = 0;
+	unsigned int num_pages, i, count = 0;
 	unsigned long now;
 	char ppb[10];
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1078,16 +1093,37 @@ static int bm_rw(struct drbd_device *device, const unsigned int flags, unsigned
 	now = jiffies;
 
 	/* let the layers below us try to merge these bios... */
-	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
-		/* ignore completely unchanged pages */
-		if (lazy_writeout_upper_idx && i == lazy_writeout_upper_idx)
-			break;
-		if (!(flags & BM_AIO_READ)) {
-			if ((flags & BM_AIO_WRITE_HINTED) &&
-			    !test_and_clear_bit(BM_PAGE_HINT_WRITEOUT,
-				    &page_private(b->bm_pages[i])))
-				continue;
 
+	if (flags & BM_AIO_READ) {
+		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+			atomic_inc(&ctx->in_flight);
+			bm_page_io_async(ctx, i);
+			++count;
+			cond_resched();
+		}
+	} else if (flags & BM_AIO_WRITE_HINTED) {
+		/* ASSERT: BM_AIO_WRITE_ALL_PAGES is not set. */
+		unsigned int hint;
+		for (hint = 0; hint < b->n_bitmap_hints; hint++) {
+			i = b->al_bitmap_hints[hint];
+			if (i >= num_pages) /* == -1U: no hint here. */
+				continue;
+			/* Several AL-extents may point to the same page. */
+			if (!test_and_clear_bit(BM_PAGE_HINT_WRITEOUT,
+			    &page_private(b->bm_pages[i])))
+				continue;
+			/* Has it even changed? */
+			if (bm_test_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[i]))
+				continue;
+			atomic_inc(&ctx->in_flight);
+			bm_page_io_async(ctx, i);
+			++count;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+			/* ignore completely unchanged pages */
+			if (lazy_writeout_upper_idx && i == lazy_writeout_upper_idx)
+				break;
 			if (!(flags & BM_AIO_WRITE_ALL_PAGES) &&
 			    bm_test_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[i])) {
 				dynamic_drbd_dbg(device, "skipped bm write for idx %u\n", i);
@@ -1100,11 +1136,11 @@ static int bm_rw(struct drbd_device *device, const unsigned int flags, unsigned
 				dynamic_drbd_dbg(device, "skipped bm lazy write for idx %u\n", i);
 				continue;
 			}
+			atomic_inc(&ctx->in_flight);
+			bm_page_io_async(ctx, i);
+			++count;
+			cond_resched();
 		}
-		atomic_inc(&ctx->in_flight);
-		bm_page_io_async(ctx, i);
-		++count;
-		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 2c9194dc2ec2b2a6e48ccc3c0f331fb3ce591c8b..352fbe031b9873cc205ec3004a13e52a9b608aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ extern int  drbd_bm_e_weight(struct drbd_device *device, unsigned long enr);
 extern int  drbd_bm_read(struct drbd_device *device) __must_hold(local);
 extern void drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout(struct drbd_device *device, int page_nr);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write(struct drbd_device *device) __must_hold(local);
+extern void drbd_bm_reset_al_hints(struct drbd_device *device) __must_hold(local);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write_hinted(struct drbd_device *device) __must_hold(local);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write_lazy(struct drbd_device *device, unsigned upper_idx) __must_hold(local);
 extern int drbd_bm_write_all(struct drbd_device *device) __must_hold(local);