diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 7f906c8b02ac03d145ebe9c0cf8b3c8c0063205e..c5fb3597f696c819453ae86b5561ca46d9bbfba3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -772,11 +772,6 @@ static long gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 	if (bytes == 0)
 		bytes = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize;
 
-	error = gfs2_rindex_update(sdp);
-	if (error) {
-		fs_warn(sdp, "rindex update returns %d\n", error);
-		return error;
-	}
 	gfs2_holder_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, 0, &ip->i_gh);
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq(&ip->i_gh);
 	if (unlikely(error))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index c87faf48f0a162bb21f03fd70fed734a1216d8f6..56987460cdae2f2ca075aad642a4cd7f53a0152f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -391,10 +391,6 @@ static int alloc_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *dip, u64 *no_addr, u64 *generation)
 	int error;
 	int dblocks = 1;
 
-	error = gfs2_rindex_update(sdp);
-	if (error)
-		fs_warn(sdp, "rindex update returns %d\n", error);
-
 	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(dip, RES_DINODE);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
@@ -1035,19 +1031,15 @@ static int gfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct gfs2_holder ghs[3];
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd;
-	int error;
+	int error = -EROFS;
 
-	error = gfs2_rindex_update(sdp);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
 	gfs2_holder_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, 0, ghs);
 	gfs2_holder_init(ip->i_gl,  LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, 0, ghs + 1);
 
 	rgd = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_no_addr);
-	if (!rgd) {
-		error = -EROFS;
+	if (!rgd)
 		goto out_inodes;
-	}
+
 	gfs2_holder_init(rgd->rd_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, 0, ghs + 2);
 
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 6aacf3f230a29d934347d2d2b130547769b2004e..24f609c9ef911edb3b3cabc9dc98dc4a78e1b92d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -800,6 +800,11 @@ static int init_inodes(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int undo)
 		fs_err(sdp, "can't get quota file inode: %d\n", error);
 		goto fail_rindex;
 	}
+
+	error = gfs2_rindex_update(sdp);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail_qinode;
+
 	return 0;
 
 fail_qinode:
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 981bfa32121a16c11c53fea23f0e734617755bfa..49ada95209d0108e333ddd164b44534edc8fa86b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -683,16 +683,21 @@ int gfs2_rindex_update(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	struct gfs2_glock *gl = ip->i_gl;
 	struct gfs2_holder ri_gh;
 	int error = 0;
+	int unlock_required = 0;
 
 	/* Read new copy from disk if we don't have the latest */
 	if (!sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate) {
 		mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
-		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &ri_gh);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
+		if (!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(gl)) {
+			error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &ri_gh);
+			if (error)
+				return error;
+			unlock_required = 1;
+		}
 		if (!sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate)
 			error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
-		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ri_gh);
+		if (unlock_required)
+			gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ri_gh);
 		mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
 	}