}
        } else {
                if (jeb && minsize > jeb->free_size) {
+                       uint32_t waste;
+
                        /* Skip the end of this block and file it as having some dirty space */
                        /* If there's a pending write to it, flush now */
 
                                goto restart;
                        }
 
-                       c->wasted_size += jeb->free_size;
-                       c->free_size -= jeb->free_size;
-                       jeb->wasted_size += jeb->free_size;
-                       jeb->free_size = 0;
+                       spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
+
+                       ret = jffs2_prealloc_raw_node_refs(c, jeb, 1);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+                       /* Just lock it again and continue. Nothing much can change because
+                          we hold c->alloc_sem anyway. In fact, it's not entirely clear why
+                          we hold c->erase_completion_lock in the majority of this function...
+                          but that's a question for another (more caffeine-rich) day. */
+                       spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
+
+                       waste = jeb->free_size;
+                       jffs2_link_node_ref(c, jeb,
+                                           (jeb->offset + c->sector_size - waste) | REF_OBSOLETE,
+                                           waste, NULL);
+                       /* FIXME: that made it count as dirty. Convert to wasted */
+                       jeb->dirty_size -= waste;
+                       c->dirty_size -= waste;
+                       jeb->wasted_size += waste;
+                       c->wasted_size += waste;
 
                        jffs2_close_nextblock(c, jeb);
                        jeb = NULL;