mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
        }
 
-       ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
+       /* Let rw unlock to be done later to protect append direct io write */
+       if (offset + bytes <= i_size_read(inode)) {
+               ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
 
-       level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
-       ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, level);
+               level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
+               ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, level);
+       }
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 
                iter = oi->ip_next_orphan;
                oi->ip_next_orphan = NULL;
 
+               mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                ret = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode, 1);
                if (ret < 0) {
                        mlog_errno(ret);
                        ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh, 0, 0);
                        if (ret)
                                mlog_errno(ret);
-
-                       wake_up(&OCFS2_I(inode)->append_dio_wq);
                } /* else if ORPHAN_NO_NEED_TRUNCATE, do nothing */
 unlock_inode:
                ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+               brelse(di_bh);
+               di_bh = NULL;
 unlock_rw:
                ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);
 next:
+               mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                iput(inode);
-               brelse(di_bh);
-               di_bh = NULL;
                inode = iter;
        }
 
 
        return status;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_dio_orphan_recovered(struct inode *inode)
-{
-       int ret;
-       struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
-       struct ocfs2_dinode *di = NULL;
-
-       ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               mlog_errno(ret);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
-       ret = !(di->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL));
-       ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-       brelse(di_bh);
-
-       return ret;
-}
-
-#define OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL_CHECK_INTERVAL 10000
 int ocfs2_add_inode_to_orphan(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
        struct inode *inode)
 {
        handle_t *handle = NULL;
        struct ocfs2_dinode *di = NULL;
 
-restart:
        status = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
        if (status < 0) {
                mlog_errno(status);
        di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
        /*
         * Another append dio crashed?
-        * If so, wait for recovery first.
+        * If so, manually recover it first.
         */
        if (unlikely(di->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL))) {
-               ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-               brelse(di_bh);
-               wait_event_interruptible_timeout(OCFS2_I(inode)->append_dio_wq,
-                               ocfs2_dio_orphan_recovered(inode),
-                               msecs_to_jiffies(OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL_CHECK_INTERVAL));
-               goto restart;
+               status = ocfs2_truncate_file(inode, di_bh, i_size_read(inode));
+               if (status < 0) {
+                       if (status != -ENOSPC)
+                               mlog_errno(status);
+                       goto bail_unlock_inode;
+               }
+
+               status = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh, 0, 0);
+               if (status < 0) {
+                       mlog_errno(status);
+                       goto bail_unlock_inode;
+               }
        }
 
        status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir_inode,