diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 15c605cfcfc8521510aa3acb44b865ea3199ea0a..71c28ff98b564e2f2fa773e0797f6a1516fe2c41 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void gfs2_glock_free(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_name.ln_sbd;
 
-	BUG_ON(test_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags));
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&gl->gl_revokes));
 	rhashtable_remove_fast(&gl_hash_table, &gl->gl_node, ht_parms);
 	smp_mb();
 	wake_up_glock(gl);
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ void gfs2_dump_glock(struct seq_file *seq, struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 		  state2str(gl->gl_target),
 		  state2str(gl->gl_demote_state), dtime,
 		  atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count),
-		  test_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags) ? 1 : 0,
+		  atomic_read(&gl->gl_revokes),
 		  (int)gl->gl_lockref.count, gl->gl_hold_time);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(gh, &gl->gl_holders, gh_list)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index b1575506859318e49c6dfa102b6e736725108f73..1d35e0da0ef8aada48aaec70bbc98ac37dcdad24 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ enum {
 	GLF_OBJECT			= 14, /* Used only for tracing */
 	GLF_BLOCKING			= 15,
 	GLF_INODE_CREATING		= 16, /* Inode creation occurring */
-	GLF_REVOKES			= 17, /* Glock has revokes in queue */
 };
 
 struct gfs2_glock {
@@ -375,6 +374,7 @@ struct gfs2_glock {
 	struct list_head gl_lru;
 	struct list_head gl_ail_list;
 	atomic_t gl_ail_count;
+	atomic_t gl_revokes;
 	struct delayed_work gl_work;
 	union {
 		/* For inode and iopen glocks only */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index a2e1df488df04a305d2a8eca84327a2461e158bf..86703c95353e1d96789f9505c39bcaf5b167ab1f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -606,10 +606,8 @@ void gfs2_add_revoke(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_bufdata *bd)
 	gfs2_remove_from_ail(bd); /* drops ref on bh */
 	bd->bd_bh = NULL;
 	sdp->sd_log_num_revoke++;
-	if (!test_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags)) {
-		set_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags);
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&gl->gl_revokes) == 1)
 		gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
-	}
 	set_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &gl->gl_flags);
 	list_add(&bd->bd_list, &sdp->sd_log_revokes);
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 33ab662c9aacc5f041e102082f4ad0edc876b5a5..bb0e5b8e445e7bb8197f307fc4619456e6487757 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -860,34 +860,19 @@ static void revoke_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_trans *tr)
 static void revoke_lo_after_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_trans *tr)
 {
 	struct list_head *head = &sdp->sd_log_revokes;
-	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd, *tmp;
-
-	/*
-	 * Glocks can be referenced repeatedly on the revoke list, but the list
-	 * only holds one reference.  All glocks on the list will have the
-	 * GLF_REVOKES flag set initially.
-	 */
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(bd, tmp, head, bd_list) {
-		struct gfs2_glock *gl = bd->bd_gl;
+	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
+	struct gfs2_glock *gl;
 
-		if (test_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags)) {
-			/* Keep each glock on the list exactly once. */
-			clear_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags);
-			continue;
+	while (!list_empty(head)) {
+		bd = list_entry(head->next, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_list);
+		list_del_init(&bd->bd_list);
+		gl = bd->bd_gl;
+		if (atomic_dec_return(&gl->gl_revokes) == 0) {
+			clear_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &gl->gl_flags);
+			gfs2_glock_queue_put(gl);
 		}
-		list_del(&bd->bd_list);
-		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_bufdata_cachep, bd);
-	}
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(bd, tmp, head, bd_list) {
-		struct gfs2_glock *gl = bd->bd_gl;
-
-		list_del(&bd->bd_list);
 		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_bufdata_cachep, bd);
-		clear_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &gl->gl_flags);
-		gfs2_glock_queue_put(gl);
 	}
-	/* the list is empty now */
 }
 
 static void revoke_lo_before_scan(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index c700738de1f729c7527599628787329e66c86ec9..136484ef35d37de7e4878c54ce98cd35a1326eb7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static void gfs2_init_glock_once(void *foo)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gl->gl_lru);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gl->gl_ail_list);
 	atomic_set(&gl->gl_ail_count, 0);
+	atomic_set(&gl->gl_revokes, 0);
 }
 
 static void gfs2_init_gl_aspace_once(void *foo)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index fbf6b1fd330b315f761eabd58ab66b87c5bae1bc..2aa4dd050f3d28687668f0c75884fd34523ff02b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ static void gfs2_final_release_pages(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	truncate_inode_pages(gfs2_glock2aspace(ip->i_gl), 0);
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	if (!test_bit(GLF_REVOKES, &gl->gl_flags)) {
+	if (atomic_read(&gl->gl_revokes) == 0) {
 		clear_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &gl->gl_flags);
 		clear_bit(GLF_DIRTY, &gl->gl_flags);
 	}