diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index e05c01d5b9e6..ac0715aafa8e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ static int update_rgrp_lvb(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 		rgd->rd_flags &= ~GFS2_RDF_CHECK;
 	rgd->rd_free = be32_to_cpu(rgd->rd_rgl->rl_free);
 	rgd->rd_free_clone = rgd->rd_free;
+	/* max out the rgrp allocation failure point */
+	rgd->rd_extfail_pt = rgd->rd_free;
 	rgd->rd_dinodes = be32_to_cpu(rgd->rd_rgl->rl_dinodes);
 	rgd->rd_igeneration = be64_to_cpu(rgd->rd_rgl->rl_igeneration);
 	return 0;
@@ -1648,7 +1650,7 @@ static int gfs2_reservation_check_and_update(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm,
 	 * If we have a minimum extent length, then skip over any extent
 	 * which is less than the min extent length in size.
 	 */
-	if (minext) {
+	if (minext > 1) {
 		extlen = gfs2_free_extlen(rbm, minext);
 		if (extlen <= maxext->len)
 			goto fail;
@@ -1680,7 +1682,7 @@ fail:
  * gfs2_rbm_find - Look for blocks of a particular state
  * @rbm: Value/result starting position and final position
  * @state: The state which we want to find
- * @minext: Pointer to the requested extent length (NULL for a single block)
+ * @minext: Pointer to the requested extent length
  *          This is updated to be the actual reservation size.
  * @ip: If set, check for reservations
  * @nowrap: Stop looking at the end of the rgrp, rather than wrapping
@@ -1736,8 +1738,7 @@ static int gfs2_rbm_find(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u8 state, u32 *minext,
 		if (ip == NULL)
 			return 0;
 
-		ret = gfs2_reservation_check_and_update(rbm, ip,
-							minext ? *minext : 0,
+		ret = gfs2_reservation_check_and_update(rbm, ip, *minext,
 							&maxext);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			return 0;
@@ -1769,7 +1770,7 @@ next_iter:
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (minext == NULL || state != GFS2_BLKST_FREE)
+	if (state != GFS2_BLKST_FREE)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	/* If the extent was too small, and it's smaller than the smallest
@@ -1777,7 +1778,7 @@ next_iter:
 	   useless to search this rgrp again for this amount or more. */
 	if (wrapped && (scan_from_start || rbm->bii > last_bii) &&
 	    *minext < rbm->rgd->rd_extfail_pt)
-		rbm->rgd->rd_extfail_pt = *minext;
+		rbm->rgd->rd_extfail_pt = *minext - 1;
 
 	/* If the maximum extent we found is big enough to fulfill the
 	   minimum requirements, use it anyway. */
@@ -2351,14 +2352,15 @@ int gfs2_alloc_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 *bn, unsigned int *nblocks,
 	struct gfs2_rbm rbm = { .rgd = ip->i_res.rs_rbm.rgd, };
 	unsigned int ndata;
 	u64 block; /* block, within the file system scope */
+	u32 minext = 1;
 	int error;
 
 	gfs2_set_alloc_start(&rbm, ip, dinode);
-	error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, NULL, ip, false);
+	error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, &minext, ip, false);
 
 	if (error == -ENOSPC) {
 		gfs2_set_alloc_start(&rbm, ip, dinode);
-		error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, NULL, NULL, false);
+		error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, &minext, NULL, false);
 	}
 
 	/* Since all blocks are reserved in advance, this shouldn't happen */