diff --git a/fs/jffs2/build.c b/fs/jffs2/build.c
index 722a6b682951b8bcdecac8107171c2d06f5d60be..d58f845ccb85984666d2e6ef0d1d6d9339c10d67 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/build.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/build.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ int jffs2_do_mount_fs(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->dirty_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erasable_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erasing_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erase_checking_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erase_pending_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erasable_pending_wbuf_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->erase_complete_list);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/debug.c b/fs/jffs2/debug.c
index e198468a8c68e71d4650dd15961e02f9c3b69b72..5544d31c066be22fb25cc857df3691de8e420ea6 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/debug.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/debug.c
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ void __jffs2_dbg_superblock_counts(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 		nr_counted++;
 		erasing += c->sector_size;
 	}
+	list_for_each_entry(jeb, &c->erase_checking_list, list) {
+		nr_counted++;
+		erasing += c->sector_size;
+	}
 	list_for_each_entry(jeb, &c->erase_complete_list, list) {
 		nr_counted++;
 		erasing += c->sector_size;
@@ -582,6 +586,21 @@ __jffs2_dbg_dump_block_lists_nolock(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (list_empty(&c->erase_checking_list)) {
+		printk(JFFS2_DBG "erase_checking_list: empty\n");
+	} else {
+		struct list_head *this;
+
+		list_for_each(this, &c->erase_checking_list) {
+			struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb = list_entry(this, struct jffs2_eraseblock, list);
+
+			if (!(jeb->used_size == 0 && jeb->dirty_size == 0 && jeb->wasted_size == 0)) {
+				printk(JFFS2_DBG "erase_checking_list: %#08x (used %#08x, dirty %#08x, wasted %#08x, unchecked %#08x, free %#08x)\n",
+					jeb->offset, jeb->used_size, jeb->dirty_size, jeb->wasted_size,
+					jeb->unchecked_size, jeb->free_size);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (list_empty(&c->erase_pending_list)) {
 		printk(JFFS2_DBG "erase_pending_list: empty\n");
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/erase.c b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
index 5e2719cb693036286c0de4b5df8012d801fbbdea..25a640e566d3d6d47ae9310b12b3e222f7bbed52 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/erase.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count)
 
 		if (!list_empty(&c->erase_complete_list)) {
 			jeb = list_entry(c->erase_complete_list.next, struct jffs2_eraseblock, list);
-			list_del(&jeb->list);
+			list_move(&jeb->list, &c->erase_checking_list);
 			spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
 			mutex_unlock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 			jffs2_mark_erased_block(c, jeb);
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void jffs2_mark_erased_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseb
 	if (c->cleanmarker_size && !jffs2_cleanmarker_oob(c))
 		jffs2_link_node_ref(c, jeb, jeb->offset | REF_NORMAL, c->cleanmarker_size, NULL);
 
-	list_add_tail(&jeb->list, &c->free_list);
+	list_move_tail(&jeb->list, &c->free_list);
 	c->nr_erasing_blocks--;
 	c->nr_free_blocks++;
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void jffs2_mark_erased_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseb
 	spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
 	/* Stick it on a list (any list) so erase_failed can take it
 	   right off again.  Silly, but shouldn't happen often. */
-	list_add(&jeb->list, &c->erasing_list);
+	list_move(&jeb->list, &c->erasing_list);
 	spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 	jffs2_erase_failed(c, jeb, bad_offset);
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void jffs2_mark_erased_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseb
 	jffs2_erase_pending_trigger(c);
 	mutex_lock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 	spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
-	list_add(&jeb->list, &c->erase_complete_list);
+	list_move(&jeb->list, &c->erase_complete_list);
 	spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 	return;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
index d9c4b27575e8cf1293925c0921eb2e64f5748984..85ef6dbb1be7adb3dbbd3553f008a32fe1c35dfc 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct jffs2_sb_info {
 	struct list_head erasable_list;		/* Blocks which are completely dirty, and need erasing */
 	struct list_head erasable_pending_wbuf_list;	/* Blocks which need erasing but only after the current wbuf is flushed */
 	struct list_head erasing_list;		/* Blocks which are currently erasing */
+	struct list_head erase_checking_list;	/* Blocks which are being checked and marked */
 	struct list_head erase_pending_list;	/* Blocks which need erasing now */
 	struct list_head erase_complete_list;	/* Blocks which are erased and need the clean marker written to them */
 	struct list_head free_list;		/* Blocks which are free and ready to be used */