diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 2299dcc417ea..8545024a1401 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -1899,7 +1899,10 @@ bool gfs2_delete_work_queued(const struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 
 static void flush_delete_work(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
-	flush_delayed_work(&gl->gl_delete);
+	if (cancel_delayed_work(&gl->gl_delete)) {
+		queue_delayed_work(gfs2_delete_workqueue,
+				   &gl->gl_delete, 0);
+	}
 	gfs2_glock_queue_work(gl, 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index c84887769b5a..de1d5f1d9ff8 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -531,8 +531,7 @@ static int freeze_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	int error = 0;
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_name.ln_sbd;
 
-	if (gl->gl_state == LM_ST_SHARED && !gfs2_withdrawn(sdp) &&
-	    test_bit(SDF_JOURNAL_LIVE, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
+	if (gl->gl_req == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE && !gfs2_withdrawn(sdp)) {
 		atomic_set(&sdp->sd_freeze_state, SFS_STARTING_FREEZE);
 		error = freeze_super(sdp->sd_vfs);
 		if (error) {
@@ -545,8 +544,11 @@ static int freeze_go_sync(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 			gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, 0);
 		}
 		queue_work(gfs2_freeze_wq, &sdp->sd_freeze_work);
-		gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL, GFS2_LOG_HEAD_FLUSH_FREEZE |
-			       GFS2_LFC_FREEZE_GO_SYNC);
+		if (test_bit(SDF_JOURNAL_LIVE, &sdp->sd_flags))
+			gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL, GFS2_LOG_HEAD_FLUSH_FREEZE |
+				       GFS2_LFC_FREEZE_GO_SYNC);
+		else /* read-only mounts */
+			atomic_set(&sdp->sd_freeze_state, SFS_FROZEN);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 03ab11fab962..ca2ec02436ec 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ enum {
 	GIF_QD_LOCKED		= 1,
 	GIF_ALLOC_FAILED	= 2,
 	GIF_SW_PAGED		= 3,
-	GIF_ORDERED		= 4,
 	GIF_FREE_VFS_INODE      = 5,
 	GIF_GLOP_PENDING	= 6,
 	GIF_DEFERRED_DELETE	= 7,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 370c3a4b31ac..6774865f5b5b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -207,10 +207,11 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 
 	if (no_formal_ino && ip->i_no_formal_ino &&
 	    no_formal_ino != ip->i_no_formal_ino) {
+		error = -ESTALE;
 		if (inode->i_state & I_NEW)
 			goto fail;
 		iput(inode);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 
 	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 3e4734431783..a76e55bc28eb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -613,6 +613,12 @@ static int ip_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __ordered_del_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	if (!list_empty(&ip->i_ordered))
+		list_del_init(&ip->i_ordered);
+}
+
 static void gfs2_ordered_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
@@ -623,8 +629,7 @@ static void gfs2_ordered_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	while (!list_empty(&sdp->sd_log_ordered)) {
 		ip = list_first_entry(&sdp->sd_log_ordered, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
 		if (ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages == 0) {
-			test_and_clear_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags);
-			list_del(&ip->i_ordered);
+			__ordered_del_inode(ip);
 			continue;
 		}
 		list_move(&ip->i_ordered, &written);
@@ -643,8 +648,7 @@ static void gfs2_ordered_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&sdp->sd_log_ordered)) {
 		ip = list_first_entry(&sdp->sd_log_ordered, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
-		list_del(&ip->i_ordered);
-		WARN_ON(!test_and_clear_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags));
+		__ordered_del_inode(ip);
 		if (ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
 		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
@@ -659,8 +663,7 @@ void gfs2_ordered_del_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags))
-		list_del(&ip->i_ordered);
+	__ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1002,6 +1005,16 @@ void gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_glock *gl, u32 flags)
 
 out:
 	if (gfs2_withdrawn(sdp)) {
+		/**
+		 * If the tr_list is empty, we're withdrawing during a log
+		 * flush that targets a transaction, but the transaction was
+		 * never queued onto any of the ail lists. Here we add it to
+		 * ail1 just so that ail_drain() will find and free it.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
+		if (tr && list_empty(&tr->tr_list))
+			list_add(&tr->tr_list, &sdp->sd_ail1_list);
+		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
 		ail_drain(sdp); /* frees all transactions */
 		tr = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.h b/fs/gfs2/log.h
index c1cd6ae17659..8965c751a303 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.h
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ static inline void gfs2_ordered_add_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	if (gfs2_is_jdata(ip) || !gfs2_is_ordered(sdp))
 		return;
 
-	if (!test_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags)) {
+	if (list_empty(&ip->i_ordered)) {
 		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags))
+		if (list_empty(&ip->i_ordered))
 			list_add(&ip->i_ordered, &sdp->sd_log_ordered);
 		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 733470ca6be9..c7393ee9cf68 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static void gfs2_init_inode_once(void *foo)
 	atomic_set(&ip->i_sizehint, 0);
 	init_rwsem(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ip->i_trunc_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ip->i_ordered);
 	ip->i_qadata = NULL;
 	gfs2_holder_mark_uninitialized(&ip->i_rgd_gh);
 	memset(&ip->i_res, 0, sizeof(ip->i_res));
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 094f5fe7c009..6d18d2c91add 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,18 @@ static int gfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		goto fail_per_node;
 	}
 
-	if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) {
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb)) {
+		struct gfs2_holder freeze_gh;
+
+		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
+					   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | GL_EXACT,
+					   &freeze_gh);
+		if (error) {
+			fs_err(sdp, "can't make FS RO: %d\n", error);
+			goto fail_per_node;
+		}
+		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&freeze_gh);
+	} else {
 		error = gfs2_make_fs_rw(sdp);
 		if (error) {
 			fs_err(sdp, "can't make FS RW: %d\n", error);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index 96c345f49273..390ea79d682c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ void gfs2_recover_func(struct work_struct *work)
 		/* Acquire a shared hold on the freeze lock */
 
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
-					   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | LM_FLAG_PRIORITY,
-					   &thaw_gh);
+					   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | LM_FLAG_PRIORITY |
+					   GL_EXACT, &thaw_gh);
 		if (error)
 			goto fail_gunlock_ji;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 32d8d26126a1..47d0ae158b69 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0,
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
+				   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | GL_EXACT,
 				   &freeze_gh);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_threads;
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	freeze_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&freeze_gh);
 fail_threads:
 	if (sdp->sd_quotad_process)
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	}
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE,
-				   GL_NOCACHE, &sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
+				   LM_FLAG_NOEXP, &sdp->sd_freeze_gh);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -613,13 +613,15 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_ro(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	    !gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(sdp->sd_freeze_gl)) {
 		if (!log_write_allowed) {
 			error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl,
-						   LM_ST_SHARED, GL_NOCACHE |
-						   LM_FLAG_TRY, &freeze_gh);
+						   LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_TRY |
+						   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | GL_EXACT,
+						   &freeze_gh);
 			if (error == GLR_TRYFAILED)
 				error = 0;
 		} else {
 			error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl,
-						   LM_ST_SHARED, GL_NOCACHE,
+						   LM_ST_SHARED,
+						   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | GL_EXACT,
 						   &freeze_gh);
 			if (error && !gfs2_withdrawn(sdp))
 				return error;
@@ -761,8 +763,8 @@ void gfs2_freeze_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct super_block *sb = sdp->sd_vfs;
 
 	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
-	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0,
-				   &freeze_gh);
+	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(sdp->sd_freeze_gl, LM_ST_SHARED,
+				   LM_FLAG_NOEXP | GL_EXACT, &freeze_gh);
 	if (error) {
 		fs_info(sdp, "GFS2: couldn't get freeze lock : %d\n", error);
 		gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, 0);
@@ -774,8 +776,6 @@ void gfs2_freeze_func(struct work_struct *work)
 				error);
 			gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, 0);
 		}
-		if (!test_bit(SDF_JOURNAL_LIVE, &sdp->sd_flags))
-			freeze_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&freeze_gh);
 	}
 	deactivate_super(sb);