diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8102603efe34..b1a913ad0fd2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 265d529cef6fd57698d79b3c0edd3a8178059ea6
+refs/heads/master: 209806aba9d540dde3db0a5ce72307f85f33468f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/trunk/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index cd0aa213fb2f..13391e546616 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -267,8 +267,12 @@ static inline int may_grant(const struct gfs2_glock *gl, const struct gfs2_holde
 		return 1;
 	if (gh->gh_flags & GL_EXACT)
 		return 0;
-	if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_SHARED && gl->gl_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)
-		return 1;
+	if (gl->gl_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE) {
+		if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_SHARED && gh_head->gh_state == LM_ST_SHARED)
+			return 1;
+		if (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_DEFERRED && gh_head->gh_state == LM_ST_DEFERRED)
+			return 1;
+	}
 	if (gl->gl_state != LM_ST_UNLOCKED && (gh->gh_flags & LM_FLAG_ANY))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;