diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 33c8407b876f..6375b3860a9a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -613,46 +613,6 @@ static int gfs2_ri_update(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_ri_update_special - Pull in a new resource index from the disk
- *
- * This is a special version that's safe to call from gfs2_inplace_reserve_i.
- * In this case we know that we don't have any resource groups in memory yet.
- *
- * @ip: pointer to the rindex inode
- *
- * Returns: 0 on successful update, error code otherwise
- */
-static int gfs2_ri_update_special(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
-{
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
-	struct file_ra_state ra_state;
-	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd;
-	unsigned int max_data = 0;
-	int error;
-
-	file_ra_state_init(&ra_state, inode->i_mapping);
-	for (sdp->sd_rgrps = 0;; sdp->sd_rgrps++) {
-		/* Ignore partials */
-		if ((sdp->sd_rgrps + 1) * sizeof(struct gfs2_rindex) >
-		    i_size_read(inode))
-			break;
-		error = read_rindex_entry(ip, &ra_state);
-		if (error) {
-			clear_rgrpdi(sdp);
-			return error;
-		}
-	}
-	list_for_each_entry(rgd, &sdp->sd_rindex_list, rd_list)
-		if (rgd->rd_data > max_data)
-			max_data = rgd->rd_data;
-	sdp->sd_max_rg_data = max_data;
-
-	sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate = 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * gfs2_rindex_hold - Grab a lock on the rindex
  * @sdp: The GFS2 superblock
@@ -1226,16 +1186,25 @@ int gfs2_inplace_reserve_i(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int hold_rindex,
 			error = gfs2_rindex_hold(sdp, &al->al_ri_gh);
 		else if (!sdp->sd_rgrps) /* We may not have the rindex read
 					    in, so: */
-			error = gfs2_ri_update_special(ip);
+			error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
 
+try_again:
 	do {
 		error = get_local_rgrp(ip, &last_unlinked);
 		/* If there is no space, flushing the log may release some */
-		if (error)
+		if (error) {
+			if (ip == GFS2_I(sdp->sd_rindex) &&
+			    !sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate) {
+				error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
+				if (error)
+					return error;
+				goto try_again;
+			}
 			gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
+		}
 	} while (error && tries++ < 3);
 
 	if (error) {