diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
index d7b13b01e98054098ba8b94744173df1ed41126a..7d17e5b91ff4c84236ed282a61486e359ddbd206 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ debug_tsts	Selects a mode of testing, as follows:
 
 		Test mode				Flag value
 
-		Force in-the-gaps method		2
 		Failure mode for recovery testing	4
 
 For example, set debug_msgs to 5 to display General messages and Mount
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 546ad575b660f0aeff7222acaa4f97a9ee674448..06d171cefe4562bfe06538b883aa46d1a7c59cf5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_DEBUG
 
@@ -2458,14 +2457,12 @@ int dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int invocation_cnt;
-
 int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void)
 {
-	if (!dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled)
+	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
 		return 0;
-	/* Force in-the-gaps every 8th commit */
-	return !((invocation_cnt++) & 0x7);
+
+	return !(random32() & 7);
 }
 
 /* Failure mode for recovery testing */
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.h b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
index 6b5fe7ba02960bd2aae8cae0a2f3a81f49335ab6..8934c12f108ee94305a82b89eced97b4769e77c6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ typedef int (*dbg_znode_callback)(struct ubifs_info *c,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_DEBUG
 
+#include <linux/random.h>
+
 /**
  * ubifs_debug_info - per-FS debugging information.
  * @old_zroot: old index root - used by 'dbg_check_old_index()'
@@ -237,11 +239,9 @@ enum {
 /*
  * Special testing flags.
  *
- * UBIFS_TST_FORCE_IN_THE_GAPS: force the use of in-the-gaps method
  * UBIFS_TST_RCVRY: failure mode for recovery testing
  */
 enum {
-	UBIFS_TST_FORCE_IN_THE_GAPS = 0x2,
 	UBIFS_TST_RCVRY             = 0x4,
 };
 
@@ -308,18 +308,16 @@ int dbg_check_data_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head);
 int dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head);
 
 /* Force the use of in-the-gaps method for testing */
-
-#define dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled \
-	(ubifs_tst_flags & UBIFS_TST_FORCE_IN_THE_GAPS)
-
+static inline int dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled(void)
+{
+	return ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN;
+}
 int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void);
 
 /* Failure mode for recovery testing */
-
 #define dbg_failure_mode (ubifs_tst_flags & UBIFS_TST_RCVRY)
 
 #ifndef UBIFS_DBG_PRESERVE_UBI
-
 #define ubi_leb_read   dbg_leb_read
 #define ubi_leb_write  dbg_leb_write
 #define ubi_leb_change dbg_leb_change
@@ -327,7 +325,6 @@ int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void);
 #define ubi_leb_unmap  dbg_leb_unmap
 #define ubi_is_mapped  dbg_is_mapped
 #define ubi_leb_map    dbg_leb_map
-
 #endif
 
 int dbg_leb_read(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, char *buf, int offset,
@@ -488,8 +485,8 @@ dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c,
 			      struct list_head *head)             { return 0; }
 
 static inline int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void)                     { return 0; }
-#define dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled 0
-#define dbg_failure_mode              0
+#define dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled() 0
+#define dbg_failure_mode                0
 
 static inline int dbg_debugfs_init(void)                          { return 0; }
 static inline void dbg_debugfs_exit(void)                         { return; }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
index c471b06798c8e103e5c95fc0f213f980c8ef0029..41920f357bbfc13e49668ef19fd6a0560ca195fc 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@ static int layout_in_gaps(struct ubifs_info *c, int cnt)
 				c->gap_lebs = NULL;
 				return err;
 			}
-			if (!dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled) {
+			if (dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled()) {
 				/*
 				 * Do not print scary warnings if the debugging
 				 * option which forces in-the-gaps is enabled.
 				 */
-				ubifs_err("out of space");
+				ubifs_warn("out of space");
 				dbg_dump_budg(c, &c->bi);
 				dbg_dump_lprops(c);
 			}