diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index fb39a66..65b2e3f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -1414,6 +1414,16 @@
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 	int tagged;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't bother locking the AG and looking up in the radix trees
+	 * if we already know that we have the tag set.
+	 */
+	if (ip->i_flags & XFS_IEOFBLOCKS)
+		return;
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	ip->i_flags |= XFS_IEOFBLOCKS;
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	trace_xfs_inode_set_eofblocks_tag(ip);
@@ -1449,6 +1459,10 @@
 	struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
+	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+	ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_IEOFBLOCKS;
+	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	trace_xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag(ip);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index e1a411e..8f30d25 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
 #define __XFS_IPINNED_BIT	8	 /* wakeup key for zero pin count */
 #define XFS_IPINNED		(1 << __XFS_IPINNED_BIT)
 #define XFS_IDONTCACHE		(1 << 9) /* don't cache the inode long term */
+#define XFS_IEOFBLOCKS		(1 << 10)/* has the preallocblocks tag set */
 
 /*
  * Per-lifetime flags need to be reset when re-using a reclaimable inode during