void drbd_al_begin_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_interval *i)
 {
-       unsigned int enr = (i->sector >> (AL_EXTENT_SHIFT-9));
-       struct lc_element *al_ext;
+       /* for bios crossing activity log extent boundaries,
+        * we may need to activate two extents in one go */
+       unsigned int enr[2];
+       struct lc_element *al_ext[2] = { NULL, NULL };
        struct update_al_work al_work;
 
        D_ASSERT(atomic_read(&mdev->local_cnt) > 0);
 
-       wait_event(mdev->al_wait, (al_ext = _al_get(mdev, enr)));
+       enr[0] = i->sector >> (AL_EXTENT_SHIFT-9);
+       enr[1] = (i->sector + (i->size >> 9) - 1) >> (AL_EXTENT_SHIFT-9);
+       wait_event(mdev->al_wait, (al_ext[0] = _al_get(mdev, enr[0])));
+       if (enr[0] != enr[1])
+               wait_event(mdev->al_wait, (al_ext[1] = _al_get(mdev, enr[1])));
 
-       if (al_ext->lc_number != enr) {
+       if (al_ext[0]->lc_number != enr[0] ||
+           (al_ext[1] && al_ext[1]->lc_number != enr[1])) {
                /* drbd_al_write_transaction(mdev,al_ext,enr);
                 * recurses into generic_make_request(), which
                 * disallows recursion, bios being serialized on the
 
                /* Double check: it may have been committed by someone else,
                 * while we have been waiting for the lock. */
-               if (al_ext->lc_number != enr) {
+               if (al_ext[0]->lc_number != enr[0] ||
+                   (al_ext[1] && al_ext[1]->lc_number != enr[1])) {
                        init_completion(&al_work.event);
                        al_work.w.cb = w_al_write_transaction;
                        al_work.w.mdev = mdev;