diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index ab83fd5624294561541dba9663f128336f296116..b6d07198118c9c3facb4dab1c2bb6359d39cbbcd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	ac->ac_inode = local_alloc_inode;
+	/* We should never use localalloc from another slot */
+	ac->ac_alloc_slot = osb->slot_num;
 	ac->ac_which = OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL;
 	get_bh(osb->local_alloc_bh);
 	ac->ac_bh = osb->local_alloc_bh;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 3be4e73e8b135ca55e277ba76279393fa36ecf5c..33d55734c514f9af8b4435e45ae368ee7d9614d5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	ac->ac_inode = alloc_inode;
+	ac->ac_alloc_slot = slot;
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
 	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
index 8799033bb459d9adc4b558d0e50c1b4a52562b61..544c600662bd074c1b76ca1c9ead16ab0f24402a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef int (group_search_t)(struct inode *,
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context {
 	struct inode *ac_inode;    /* which bitmap are we allocating from? */
 	struct buffer_head *ac_bh; /* file entry bh */
+	u32    ac_alloc_slot;   /* which slot are we allocating from? */
 	u32    ac_bits_wanted;
 	u32    ac_bits_given;
 #define OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL 1