diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 68edf99bfad63d56284ab3084de8aa85933631c5..608a0013791b22adc12c1543fff6d343c0b5f3e0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -2006,9 +2006,9 @@ xfs_bmap_adjacent(
 		XFS_FSB_TO_AGBNO(mp, x) < mp->m_sb.sb_agblocks)
 
 	mp = ap->ip->i_mount;
-	nullfb = ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
+	nullfb = *ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
 	rt = XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ap->ip) && ap->userdata;
-	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, ap->firstblock);
+	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock);
 	/*
 	 * If allocating at eof, and there's a previous real block,
 	 * try to use its last block as our starting point.
@@ -2380,8 +2380,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 		ASSERT(!error);
 		ASSERT(ap->alen);
 	}
-	nullfb = ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
-	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, ap->firstblock);
+	nullfb = *ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
+	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock);
 	if (nullfb) {
 		if (ap->userdata && xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip)) {
 			ag = xfs_filestream_lookup_ag(ap->ip);
@@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 			ap->rval = XFS_INO_TO_FSB(mp, ap->ip->i_ino);
 		}
 	} else
-		ap->rval = ap->firstblock;
+		ap->rval = *ap->firstblock;
 
 	xfs_bmap_adjacent(ap);
 
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	if (nullfb || XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, ap->rval) == fb_agno)
 		;
 	else
-		ap->rval = ap->firstblock;
+		ap->rval = *ap->firstblock;
 	/*
 	 * Normal allocation, done through xfs_alloc_vextent.
 	 */
@@ -2413,13 +2413,13 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 
 	/* Trim the allocation back to the maximum an AG can fit. */
 	args.maxlen = MIN(ap->alen, XFS_ALLOC_AG_MAX_USABLE(mp));
-	args.firstblock = ap->firstblock;
+	args.firstblock = *ap->firstblock;
 	blen = 0;
 	if (nullfb) {
 		error = xfs_bmap_btalloc_nullfb(ap, &args, &blen);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-	} else if (ap->low) {
+	} else if (ap->flist->xbf_low) {
 		if (xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip))
 			args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_FIRST_AG;
 		else
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	 * is >= the stripe unit and the allocation offset is
 	 * at the end of file.
 	 */
-	if (!ap->low && ap->aeof) {
+	if (!ap->flist->xbf_low && ap->aeof) {
 		if (!ap->off) {
 			args.alignment = mp->m_dalign;
 			atype = args.type;
@@ -2540,12 +2540,25 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 		args.minleft = 0;
 		if ((error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args)))
 			return error;
-		ap->low = 1;
+		ap->flist->xbf_low = 1;
 	}
 	if (args.fsbno != NULLFSBLOCK) {
-		ap->firstblock = ap->rval = args.fsbno;
+		/*
+		 * check the allocation happened at the same or higher AG than
+		 * the first block that was allocated.
+		 */
+		ASSERT(*ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK ||
+		       XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock) ==
+		       XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, args.fsbno) ||
+		       (ap->flist->xbf_low &&
+			XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock) <
+			XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, args.fsbno)));
+
+		ap->rval = args.fsbno;
+		if (*ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK)
+			*ap->firstblock = args.fsbno;
 		ASSERT(nullfb || fb_agno == args.agno ||
-		       (ap->low && fb_agno < args.agno));
+		       (ap->flist->xbf_low && fb_agno < args.agno));
 		ap->alen = args.len;
 		ap->ip->i_d.di_nblocks += args.len;
 		xfs_trans_log_inode(ap->tp, ap->ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
@@ -4596,8 +4609,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	struct xfs_bmalloca	*bma,
 	xfs_extnum_t		*lastx,
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	**cur,
-	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock,
-	struct xfs_bmap_free	*flist,
 	int			flags,
 	int			*nallocs,
 	int			*logflags)
@@ -4647,9 +4658,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	 */
 	bma->alen = alen;
 	bma->off = aoff;
-	bma->firstblock = *firstblock;
 	bma->minlen = (flags & XFS_BMAPI_CONTIG) ? alen : 1;
-	bma->low = flist->xbf_low;
 	bma->aeof = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -4671,24 +4680,18 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	 * Copy out result fields.
 	 */
 	abno = bma->rval;
-	flist->xbf_low = bma->low;
 	alen = bma->alen;
 	aoff = bma->off;
-	ASSERT(*firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK ||
-	       XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *firstblock) ==
-	       XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, bma->firstblock) ||
-	       (flist->xbf_low &&
-		XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *firstblock) <
-			XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, bma->firstblock)));
-	*firstblock = bma->firstblock;
+	if (bma->flist->xbf_low)
+		bma->minleft = 0;
 	if (*cur)
-		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *firstblock;
+		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *bma->firstblock;
 	if (abno == NULLFSBLOCK)
 		return 0;
 	if ((ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFBROOT) && !*cur) {
 		(*cur) = xfs_bmbt_init_cursor(mp, bma->tp, bma->ip, whichfork);
-		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *firstblock;
-		(*cur)->bc_private.b.flist = flist;
+		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *bma->firstblock;
+		(*cur)->bc_private.b.flist = bma->flist;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Bump the number of extents we've allocated
@@ -4715,11 +4718,12 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 
 	if (bma->wasdel) {
 		error = xfs_bmap_add_extent_delay_real(bma->tp, bma->ip, lastx,
-				cur, &bma->got, firstblock, flist, logflags);
+				cur, &bma->got, bma->firstblock, bma->flist,
+				logflags);
 	} else {
 		error = xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_real(bma->tp, bma->ip, lastx,
-				cur, &bma->got, firstblock, flist, logflags,
-				whichfork);
+				cur, &bma->got, bma->firstblock, bma->flist,
+				logflags, whichfork);
 	}
 
 	if (error)
@@ -4746,8 +4750,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_convert_unwritten(
 	xfs_filblks_t		len,
 	xfs_extnum_t		*lastx,
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	**cur,
-	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock,
-	struct xfs_bmap_free	*flist,
 	int			flags,
 	int			*logflags)
 {
@@ -4776,14 +4778,14 @@ xfs_bmapi_convert_unwritten(
 	if ((ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFBROOT) && !*cur) {
 		*cur = xfs_bmbt_init_cursor(bma->ip->i_mount, bma->tp,
 					bma->ip, whichfork);
-		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *firstblock;
-		(*cur)->bc_private.b.flist = flist;
+		(*cur)->bc_private.b.firstblock = *bma->firstblock;
+		(*cur)->bc_private.b.flist = bma->flist;
 	}
 	mval->br_state = (mval->br_state == XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN)
 				? XFS_EXT_NORM : XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
 
 	error = xfs_bmap_add_extent_unwritten_real(bma->tp, bma->ip, lastx,
-			cur, mval, firstblock, flist, logflags);
+			cur, mval, bma->firstblock, bma->flist, logflags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -4838,7 +4840,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 	int			error;		/* error return */
 	xfs_extnum_t		lastx;		/* last useful extent number */
 	int			logflags;	/* flags for transaction logging */
-	xfs_extlen_t		minleft;	/* min blocks left after allocation */
 	int			n;		/* current extent index */
 	int			nallocs;	/* number of extents alloc'd */
 	xfs_fileoff_t		obno;		/* old block number (offset) */
@@ -4900,11 +4901,11 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 
 	if (*firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK) {
 		if (XFS_IFORK_FORMAT(ip, whichfork) == XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE)
-			minleft = be16_to_cpu(ifp->if_broot->bb_level) + 1;
+			bma.minleft = be16_to_cpu(ifp->if_broot->bb_level) + 1;
 		else
-			minleft = 1;
+			bma.minleft = 1;
 	} else {
-		minleft = 0;
+		bma.minleft = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (!(ifp->if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS)) {
@@ -4923,6 +4924,8 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 	bma.ip = ip;
 	bma.total = total;
 	bma.userdata = 0;
+	bma.flist = flist;
+	bma.firstblock = firstblock;
 
 	while (bno < end && n < *nmap) {
 		inhole = eof || bma.got.br_startoff > bno;
@@ -4938,16 +4941,12 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 			bma.wasdel = wasdelay;
 			bma.alen = len;
 			bma.off = bno;
-			bma.minleft = minleft;
 
-			error = xfs_bmapi_allocate(&bma, &lastx, &cur,
-					firstblock, flist, flags, &nallocs,
-					&tmp_logflags);
+			error = xfs_bmapi_allocate(&bma, &lastx, &cur, flags,
+					&nallocs, &tmp_logflags);
 			logflags |= tmp_logflags;
 			if (error)
 				goto error0;
-			if (flist && flist->xbf_low)
-				minleft = 0;
 			if (bma.rval == NULLFSBLOCK)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -4958,8 +4957,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 
 		/* Execute unwritten extent conversion if necessary */
 		error = xfs_bmapi_convert_unwritten(&bma, mval, len, &lastx,
-						    &cur, firstblock, flist,
-						    flags, &tmp_logflags);
+						    &cur, flags, &tmp_logflags);
 		logflags |= tmp_logflags;
 		if (error == EAGAIN)
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.h
index 6e8f8aee7cdbf2a74b6b7cdc186af255bfe79f3d..6e7c7a50d248fd4eaab0802e6ae1d61ded8a3562 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.h
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ static inline void xfs_bmap_init(xfs_bmap_free_t *flp, xfs_fsblock_t *fbp)
  * Argument structure for xfs_bmap_alloc.
  */
 typedef struct xfs_bmalloca {
-	xfs_fsblock_t		firstblock; /* i/o first block allocated */
+	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock; /* i/o first block allocated */
+	struct xfs_bmap_free	*flist;	/* bmap freelist */
 	xfs_fsblock_t		rval;	/* starting block of new extent */
 	xfs_fileoff_t		off;	/* offset in file filling in */
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;	/* transaction pointer */
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_bmalloca {
 	char			eof;	/* set if allocating past last extent */
 	char			wasdel;	/* replacing a delayed allocation */
 	char			userdata;/* set if is user data */
-	char			low;	/* low on space, using seq'l ags */
 	char			aeof;	/* allocated space at eof */
 	char			conv;	/* overwriting unwritten extents */
 } xfs_bmalloca_t;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index 3ff3d9e23ded3427194345d281e665a6704e64ce..137f957b8c7e2e49138ac772e804f04f2d07d215 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ xfs_filestream_new_ag(
 	 */
 	ag = (ag == NULLAGNUMBER) ? 0 : (ag + 1) % mp->m_sb.sb_agcount;
 	flags = (ap->userdata ? XFS_PICK_USERDATA : 0) |
-	        (ap->low ? XFS_PICK_LOWSPACE : 0);
+	        (ap->flist->xbf_low ? XFS_PICK_LOWSPACE : 0);
 
 	err = _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(mp, ag, agp, flags, minlen);
 	if (err || *agp == NULLAGNUMBER)