diff --git a/fs/fscache/cookie.c b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
index 0666996adf807190cfa220fe000b5011264ca673..66be9eccede0c9d6768dfe2967852a3ed0f94a88 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/cookie.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
@@ -442,22 +442,32 @@ void __fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, int retire)
 
 	event = retire ? FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_RETIRE : FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_RELEASE;
 
+try_again:
 	spin_lock(&cookie->lock);
 
 	/* break links with all the active objects */
 	while (!hlist_empty(&cookie->backing_objects)) {
+		int n_reads;
 		object = hlist_entry(cookie->backing_objects.first,
 				     struct fscache_object,
 				     cookie_link);
 
 		_debug("RELEASE OBJ%x", object->debug_id);
 
-		if (atomic_read(&object->n_reads)) {
+		set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_WAITING_ON_READS, &cookie->flags);
+		n_reads = atomic_read(&object->n_reads);
+		if (n_reads) {
+			int n_ops = object->n_ops;
+			int n_in_progress = object->n_in_progress;
 			spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
 			printk(KERN_ERR "FS-Cache:"
-			       " Cookie '%s' still has %d outstanding reads\n",
-			       cookie->def->name, atomic_read(&object->n_reads));
-			BUG();
+			       " Cookie '%s' still has %d outstanding reads (%d,%d)\n",
+			       cookie->def->name,
+			       n_reads, n_ops, n_in_progress);
+			wait_on_bit(&cookie->flags, FSCACHE_COOKIE_WAITING_ON_READS,
+				    fscache_wait_bit, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+			printk("Wait finished\n");
+			goto try_again;
 		}
 
 		/* detach each cache object from the object cookie */
diff --git a/fs/fscache/operation.c b/fs/fscache/operation.c
index 30afdfa7aec78b6a7e47ab791fbf9ec1198870d6..c857ab824d6ec4876b67722ae428cdd3dedacf3c 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/operation.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/operation.c
@@ -340,8 +340,14 @@ void fscache_put_operation(struct fscache_operation *op)
 
 	object = op->object;
 
-	if (test_bit(FSCACHE_OP_DEC_READ_CNT, &op->flags))
-		atomic_dec(&object->n_reads);
+	if (test_bit(FSCACHE_OP_DEC_READ_CNT, &op->flags)) {
+		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&object->n_reads)) {
+			clear_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_WAITING_ON_READS,
+				  &object->cookie->flags);
+			wake_up_bit(&object->cookie->flags,
+				    FSCACHE_COOKIE_WAITING_ON_READS);
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* now... we may get called with the object spinlock held, so we
 	 * complete the cleanup here only if we can immediately acquire the
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index 9879183b55d8f754aac696f5aabad493d7852378..e3d6d939d959f2446908502491ed0b868a1a6a89 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ struct fscache_cookie {
 #define FSCACHE_COOKIE_PENDING_FILL	3	/* T if pending initial fill on object */
 #define FSCACHE_COOKIE_FILLING		4	/* T if filling object incrementally */
 #define FSCACHE_COOKIE_UNAVAILABLE	5	/* T if cookie is unavailable (error, etc) */
+#define FSCACHE_COOKIE_WAITING_ON_READS	6	/* T if cookie is waiting on reads */
 };
 
 extern struct fscache_cookie fscache_fsdef_index;