diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 5f2e5224c51c..e2e0a90396e7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ static void gfs2_ail_error(struct gfs2_glock *gl, const struct buffer_head *bh)
  * None of the buffers should be dirty, locked, or pinned.
  */
 
-static void __gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync)
+static void __gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync,
+			     unsigned int nr_revokes)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
 	struct list_head *head = &gl->gl_ail_list;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ static void __gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync)
 
 	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(bd, tmp, head, bd_ail_gl_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(bd, tmp, head, bd_ail_gl_list) {
+		if (nr_revokes == 0)
+			break;
 		bh = bd->bd_bh;
 		if (bh->b_state & b_state) {
 			if (fsync)
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ static void __gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync)
 			gfs2_ail_error(gl, bh);
 		}
 		gfs2_trans_add_revoke(sdp, bd);
+		nr_revokes--;
 	}
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, !fsync && atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count));
 	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ static void gfs2_ail_empty_gl(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(current->journal_info);
 	current->journal_info = &tr;
 
-	__gfs2_ail_flush(gl, 0);
+	__gfs2_ail_flush(gl, 0, tr.tr_revokes);
 
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
 	gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
@@ -101,15 +105,19 @@ void gfs2_ail_flush(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool fsync)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
 	unsigned int revokes = atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count);
+	unsigned int max_revokes = (sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize - sizeof(struct gfs2_log_descriptor)) / sizeof(u64);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!revokes)
 		return;
 
-	ret = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, 0, revokes);
+	while (revokes > max_revokes)
+		max_revokes += (sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize - sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header)) / sizeof(u64);
+
+	ret = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, 0, max_revokes);
 	if (ret)
 		return;
-	__gfs2_ail_flush(gl, fsync);
+	__gfs2_ail_flush(gl, fsync, max_revokes);
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
 	gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
 }