bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
 }
 
+static void drbd_queue_write(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_request *req)
+{
+       spin_lock(&mdev->submit.lock);
+       list_add_tail(&req->tl_requests, &mdev->submit.writes);
+       spin_unlock(&mdev->submit.lock);
+       queue_work(mdev->submit.wq, &mdev->submit.worker);
+}
+
 /* returns the new drbd_request pointer, if the caller is expected to
  * drbd_send_and_submit() it (to save latency), or NULL if we queued the
  * request on the submitter thread.
                req->private_bio = NULL;
        }
 
-       /* For WRITES going to the local disk, grab a reference on the target
-        * extent.  This waits for any resync activity in the corresponding
-        * resync extent to finish, and, if necessary, pulls in the target
-        * extent into the activity log, which involves further disk io because
-        * of transactional on-disk meta data updates.
-        * Empty flushes don't need to go into the activity log, they can only
-        * flush data for pending writes which are already in there. */
        if (rw == WRITE && req->private_bio && req->i.size
        && !test_bit(AL_SUSPENDED, &mdev->flags)) {
+               if (!drbd_al_begin_io_fastpath(mdev, &req->i)) {
+                       drbd_queue_write(mdev, req);
+                       return NULL;
+               }
                req->rq_state |= RQ_IN_ACT_LOG;
-               drbd_al_begin_io(mdev, &req->i, true);
        }
 
        return req;