diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 98ce3ac..354cbdb 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -135,6 +135,50 @@
 	struct page *pages[DIO_PAGES];	/* page buffer */
 };
 
+static void __inode_dio_wait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(q, &inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+
+	do {
+		prepare_to_wait(wq, &q.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count))
+			schedule();
+	} while (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count));
+	finish_wait(wq, &q.wait);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_dio_wait - wait for outstanding DIO requests to finish
+ * @inode: inode to wait for
+ *
+ * Waits for all pending direct I/O requests to finish so that we can
+ * proceed with a truncate or equivalent operation.
+ *
+ * Must be called under a lock that serializes taking new references
+ * to i_dio_count, usually by inode->i_mutex.
+ */
+void inode_dio_wait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count))
+		__inode_dio_wait(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_dio_wait);
+
+/*
+ * inode_dio_done - signal finish of a direct I/O requests
+ * @inode: inode the direct I/O happens on
+ *
+ * This is called once we've finished processing a direct I/O request,
+ * and is used to wake up callers waiting for direct I/O to be quiesced.
+ */
+void inode_dio_done(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&inode->i_dio_count))
+		wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_dio_done);
+
 /*
  * How many pages are in the queue?
  */
@@ -254,9 +298,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING)
-		/* lockdep: non-owner release */
-		up_read_non_owner(&dio->inode->i_alloc_sem);
-
+		inode_dio_done(dio->inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -980,9 +1022,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Releases both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem
- */
 static ssize_t
 direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, 
 	const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, 
@@ -1146,15 +1185,14 @@
  *    For writes this function is called under i_mutex and returns with
  *    i_mutex held, for reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is
  *    taken and dropped again before returning.
- *    For reads and writes i_alloc_sem is taken in shared mode and released
- *    on I/O completion (which may happen asynchronously after returning to
- *    the caller).
+ *    The i_dio_count counter keeps track of the number of outstanding
+ *    direct I/O requests, and truncate waits for it to reach zero.
+ *    New references to i_dio_count must only be grabbed with i_mutex
+ *    held.
  *
  *  - if the flags value does NOT contain DIO_LOCKING we don't use any
  *    internal locking but rather rely on the filesystem to synchronize
  *    direct I/O reads/writes versus each other and truncate.
- *    For reads and writes both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem are not held on
- *    entry and are never taken.
  */
 ssize_t
 __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
@@ -1234,10 +1272,9 @@
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Will be released at I/O completion, possibly in a
-		 * different thread.
+		 * Will be decremented at I/O completion time.
 		 */
-		down_read_non_owner(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		atomic_inc(&inode->i_dio_count);
 	}
 
 	/*