diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index bdf3e64..99a6197 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
@@ -1763,6 +1764,15 @@
 	return tdiff > (msecs * 1000 * 1000);
 }
 
+static u32 gfs2_orlov_skip(const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+	u32 skip;
+
+	get_random_bytes(&skip, sizeof(skip));
+	return skip % sdp->sd_rgrps;
+}
+
 static bool gfs2_select_rgrp(struct gfs2_rgrpd **pos, const struct gfs2_rgrpd *begin)
 {
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd = *pos;
@@ -1784,7 +1794,7 @@
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested)
+int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested, u32 aflags)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *begin = NULL;
@@ -1792,6 +1802,7 @@
 	int error = 0, rg_locked, flags = 0;
 	u64 last_unlinked = NO_BLOCK;
 	int loops = 0;
+	u32 skip = 0;
 
 	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_rgrplvb)
 		flags |= GL_SKIP;
@@ -1805,6 +1816,8 @@
 	} else {
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd = begin = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal, 1);
 	}
+	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode) && (aflags & GFS2_AF_ORLOV))
+		skip = gfs2_orlov_skip(ip);
 	if (rs->rs_rbm.rgd == NULL)
 		return -EBADSLT;
 
@@ -1813,6 +1826,8 @@
 
 		if (!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_gl)) {
 			rg_locked = 0;
+			if (skip && skip--)
+				goto next_rgrp;
 			if (!gfs2_rs_active(rs) && (loops < 2) &&
 			     gfs2_rgrp_used_recently(rs, 1000) &&
 			     gfs2_rgrp_congested(rs->rs_rbm.rgd, loops))
@@ -1871,6 +1886,8 @@
 		/* Find the next rgrp, and continue looking */
 		if (gfs2_select_rgrp(&rs->rs_rbm.rgd, begin))
 			continue;
+		if (skip)
+			continue;
 
 		/* If we've scanned all the rgrps, but found no free blocks
 		 * then this checks for some less likely conditions before