diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 2add9a8a8df75487803b4f78f8754960e4343a0b..ea615e2f476d6d1c4f449d52ad492421f26c1d4b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -136,10 +136,21 @@ xfs_end_bio_unwritten(
 	vnode_t			*vp = ioend->io_vnode;
 	xfs_off_t		offset = ioend->io_offset;
 	size_t			size = ioend->io_size;
+	struct buffer_head	*bh, *next;
 	int			error;
 
 	if (ioend->io_uptodate)
 		VOP_BMAP(vp, offset, size, BMAPI_UNWRITTEN, NULL, NULL, error);
+
+	/* ioend->io_buffer_head is only non-NULL for buffered I/O */
+	for (bh = ioend->io_buffer_head; bh; bh = next) {
+		next = bh->b_private;
+
+		bh->b_end_io = NULL;
+		clear_buffer_unwritten(bh);
+		end_buffer_async_write(bh, ioend->io_uptodate);
+	}
+
 	xfs_destroy_ioend(ioend);
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +176,7 @@ xfs_alloc_ioend(
 	atomic_set(&ioend->io_remaining, 1);
 	ioend->io_uptodate = 1; /* cleared if any I/O fails */
 	ioend->io_vnode = LINVFS_GET_VP(inode);
+	ioend->io_buffer_head = NULL;
 	atomic_inc(&ioend->io_vnode->v_iocount);
 	ioend->io_offset = 0;
 	ioend->io_size = 0;
@@ -180,15 +192,26 @@ linvfs_unwritten_done(
 	int			uptodate)
 {
 	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend = bh->b_private;
+	static spinlock_t	unwritten_done_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	ASSERT(buffer_unwritten(bh));
 	bh->b_end_io = NULL;
-	clear_buffer_unwritten(bh);
+
 	if (!uptodate)
 		ioend->io_uptodate = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Deep magic here.  We reuse b_private in the buffer_heads to build
+	 * a chain for completing the I/O from user context after we've issued
+	 * a transaction to convert the unwritten extent.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&unwritten_done_lock, flags);
+	bh->b_private = ioend->io_buffer_head;
+	ioend->io_buffer_head = bh;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&unwritten_done_lock, flags);
+
 	xfs_finish_ioend(ioend);
-	end_buffer_async_write(bh, uptodate);
 }
 
 STATIC int
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.h
index ee46307a7321158aee8b27ce26481dd5b74de43f..2fa62974a04d924929e09a9626d674f7f346cbed 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_ioend {
 	unsigned int		io_uptodate;	/* I/O status register */
 	atomic_t		io_remaining;	/* hold count */
 	struct vnode		*io_vnode;	/* file being written to */
+	struct buffer_head	*io_buffer_head;/* buffer linked list head */
 	size_t			io_size;	/* size of the extent */
 	xfs_off_t		io_offset;	/* offset in the file */
 	struct work_struct	io_work;	/* xfsdatad work queue */