diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index aa1d353def29c64903cf02db9af159d612259b87..4c5deb6e9e3192f1bd279ca9e7b02e824fe9e7cc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -488,29 +488,16 @@ _xfs_buf_find(
 	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_buf_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
-	/* Attempt to get the semaphore without sleeping,
-	 * if this does not work then we need to drop the
-	 * spinlock and do a hard attempt on the semaphore.
-	 */
-	if (down_trylock(&bp->b_sema)) {
+	if (xfs_buf_cond_lock(bp)) {
+		/* failed, so wait for the lock if requested. */
 		if (!(flags & XBF_TRYLOCK)) {
-			/* wait for buffer ownership */
 			xfs_buf_lock(bp);
 			XFS_STATS_INC(xb_get_locked_waited);
 		} else {
-			/* We asked for a trylock and failed, no need
-			 * to look at file offset and length here, we
-			 * know that this buffer at least overlaps our
-			 * buffer and is locked, therefore our buffer
-			 * either does not exist, or is this buffer.
-			 */
 			xfs_buf_rele(bp);
 			XFS_STATS_INC(xb_busy_locked);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-	} else {
-		/* trylock worked */
-		XB_SET_OWNER(bp);
 	}
 
 	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE) {
@@ -876,10 +863,18 @@ xfs_buf_rele(
  */
 
 /*
- *	Locks a buffer object, if it is not already locked.
- *	Note that this in no way locks the underlying pages, so it is only
- *	useful for synchronizing concurrent use of buffer objects, not for
- *	synchronizing independent access to the underlying pages.
+ *	Locks a buffer object, if it is not already locked.  Note that this in
+ *	no way locks the underlying pages, so it is only useful for
+ *	synchronizing concurrent use of buffer objects, not for synchronizing
+ *	independent access to the underlying pages.
+ *
+ *	If we come across a stale, pinned, locked buffer, we know that we are
+ *	being asked to lock a buffer that has been reallocated. Because it is
+ *	pinned, we know that the log has not been pushed to disk and hence it
+ *	will still be locked.  Rather than continuing to have trylock attempts
+ *	fail until someone else pushes the log, push it ourselves before
+ *	returning.  This means that the xfsaild will not get stuck trying
+ *	to push on stale inode buffers.
  */
 int
 xfs_buf_cond_lock(
@@ -890,6 +885,8 @@ xfs_buf_cond_lock(
 	locked = down_trylock(&bp->b_sema) == 0;
 	if (locked)
 		XB_SET_OWNER(bp);
+	else if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE))
+		xfs_log_force(bp->b_target->bt_mount, 0);
 
 	trace_xfs_buf_cond_lock(bp, _RET_IP_);
 	return locked ? 0 : -EBUSY;