diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index b58924482d9a..bbbcae8d853c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -92,8 +92,32 @@ static void gfs2_ail_empty_gl(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr.tr_databuf);
 	tr.tr_revokes = atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count);
 
-	if (!tr.tr_revokes)
+	if (!tr.tr_revokes) {
+		bool have_revokes;
+		bool log_in_flight;
+
+		/*
+		 * We have nothing on the ail, but there could be revokes on
+		 * the sdp revoke queue, in which case, we still want to flush
+		 * the log and wait for it to finish.
+		 *
+		 * If the sdp revoke list is empty too, we might still have an
+		 * io outstanding for writing revokes, so we should wait for
+		 * it before returning.
+		 *
+		 * If none of these conditions are true, our revokes are all
+		 * flushed and we can return.
+		 */
+		gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
+		have_revokes = !list_empty(&sdp->sd_log_revokes);
+		log_in_flight = atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_in_flight);
+		gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
+		if (have_revokes)
+			goto flush;
+		if (log_in_flight)
+			log_flush_wait(sdp);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/* A shortened, inline version of gfs2_trans_begin()
          * tr->alloced is not set since the transaction structure is
@@ -108,6 +132,7 @@ static void gfs2_ail_empty_gl(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	__gfs2_ail_flush(gl, 0, tr.tr_revokes);
 
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
+flush:
 	gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL, GFS2_LOG_HEAD_FLUSH_NORMAL |
 		       GFS2_LFC_AIL_EMPTY_GL);
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 578c1e0cd415..c37f81470792 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static void log_pull_tail(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int new_tail)
 }
 
 
-static void log_flush_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
+void log_flush_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.h b/fs/gfs2/log.h
index c0a65e5a126b..c1cd6ae17659 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ extern void gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_glock *gl,
 			   u32 type);
 extern void gfs2_log_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_trans *trans);
 extern void gfs2_ail1_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+extern void log_flush_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
 extern int gfs2_logd(void *data);
 extern void gfs2_add_revoke(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_bufdata *bd);