diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.h b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
index ab1ef322f7a5..9ad4a6ac6c84 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
@@ -257,4 +257,11 @@ static inline bool gfs2_holder_initialized(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 	return gh->gh_gl;
 }
 
+static inline void glock_set_object(struct gfs2_glock *gl, void *object)
+{
+	spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	gl->gl_object = object;
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+}
+
 #endif /* __GLOCK_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 5db59d444838..7449b19135c3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -197,6 +197,27 @@ static void rgrp_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 		rgd->rd_flags &= ~GFS2_RDF_UPTODATE;
 }
 
+static struct gfs2_inode *gfs2_glock2inode(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+{
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
+
+	spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	ip = gl->gl_object;
+	if (ip)
+		set_bit(GIF_GLOP_PENDING, &ip->i_flags);
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	return ip;
+}
+
+static void gfs2_clear_glop_pending(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	if (!ip)
+		return;
+
+	clear_bit_unlock(GIF_GLOP_PENDING, &ip->i_flags);
+	wake_up_bit(&ip->i_flags, GIF_GLOP_PENDING);
+}
+
 /**
  * inode_go_sync - Sync the dirty data and/or metadata for an inode glock
  * @gl: the glock protecting the inode
@@ -205,25 +226,24 @@ static void rgrp_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 
 static void inode_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = gl->gl_object;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = gfs2_glock2inode(gl);
+	int isreg = ip && S_ISREG(ip->i_inode.i_mode);
 	struct address_space *metamapping = gfs2_glock2aspace(gl);
 	int error;
 
-	if (ip && !S_ISREG(ip->i_inode.i_mode))
-		ip = NULL;
-	if (ip) {
+	if (isreg) {
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(GIF_SW_PAGED, &ip->i_flags))
 			unmap_shared_mapping_range(ip->i_inode.i_mapping, 0, 0);
 		inode_dio_wait(&ip->i_inode);
 	}
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(GLF_DIRTY, &gl->gl_flags))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, gl->gl_state != LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	gfs2_log_flush(gl->gl_name.ln_sbd, gl, NORMAL_FLUSH);
 	filemap_fdatawrite(metamapping);
-	if (ip) {
+	if (isreg) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = ip->i_inode.i_mapping;
 		filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 		error = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
@@ -238,6 +258,9 @@ static void inode_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	 */
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
 	clear_bit(GLF_DIRTY, &gl->gl_flags);
+
+out:
+	gfs2_clear_glop_pending(ip);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -253,7 +276,7 @@ static void inode_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 
 static void inode_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 {
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = gl->gl_object;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = gfs2_glock2inode(gl);
 
 	gfs2_assert_withdraw(gl->gl_name.ln_sbd, !atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count));
 
@@ -274,6 +297,8 @@ static void inode_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 	}
 	if (ip && S_ISREG(ip->i_inode.i_mode))
 		truncate_inode_pages(ip->i_inode.i_mapping, 0);
+
+	gfs2_clear_glop_pending(ip);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 638c0203f242..01af34cb589d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ enum {
 	GIF_SW_PAGED		= 3,
 	GIF_ORDERED		= 4,
 	GIF_FREE_VFS_INODE      = 5,
+	GIF_GLOP_PENDING	= 6,
 };
 
 struct gfs2_inode {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 9f605ea4810c..912d4e66fabc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 		error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, no_addr, &gfs2_inode_glops, CREATE, &ip->i_gl);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail;
-		ip->i_gl->gl_object = ip;
+		flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_gl->gl_work);
+		glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 
 		error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, no_addr, &gfs2_iopen_glops, CREATE, &io_gl);
 		if (unlikely(error))
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(io_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, GL_EXACT, &ip->i_iopen_gh);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail_put;
-
-		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_object = ip;
+		flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_work);
+		glock_set_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, ip);
 		gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
 		io_gl = NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 29b0473f6e74..7d12c1232c42 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1631,8 +1631,8 @@ out:
 	gfs2_ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	gfs2_dir_hash_inval(ip);
-	ip->i_gl->gl_object = NULL;
-	flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_gl->gl_work);
+	glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, NULL);
+	wait_on_bit_io(&ip->i_flags, GIF_GLOP_PENDING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	gfs2_glock_add_to_lru(ip->i_gl);
 	gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
 	ip->i_gl = NULL;