diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c7abb4a029dc..7be23ff20b27 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -176,18 +176,8 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_write_sync);
 
-/*
- * Various filesystems appear to want __find_get_block to be non-blocking.
- * But it's the page lock which protects the buffers.  To get around this,
- * we get exclusion from try_to_free_buffers with the blockdev mapping's
- * i_private_lock.
- *
- * Hack idea: for the blockdev mapping, i_private_lock contention
- * may be quite high.  This code could TryLock the page, and if that
- * succeeds, there is no need to take i_private_lock.
- */
 static struct buffer_head *
-__find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
+__find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, bool atomic)
 {
 	struct address_space *bd_mapping = bdev->bd_mapping;
 	const int blkbits = bd_mapping->host->i_blkbits;
@@ -204,10 +194,28 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
 	if (IS_ERR(folio))
 		goto out;
 
-	spin_lock(&bd_mapping->i_private_lock);
+	/*
+	 * Folio lock protects the buffers. Callers that cannot block
+	 * will fallback to serializing vs try_to_free_buffers() via
+	 * the i_private_lock.
+	 */
+	if (atomic)
+		spin_lock(&bd_mapping->i_private_lock);
+	else
+		folio_lock(folio);
+
 	head = folio_buffers(folio);
 	if (!head)
 		goto out_unlock;
+	/*
+	 * Upon a noref migration, the folio lock serializes here;
+	 * otherwise bail.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit_acquire(BH_Migrate, &head->b_state)) {
+		WARN_ON(!atomic);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	bh = head;
 	do {
 		if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
@@ -236,7 +244,10 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
 		       1 << blkbits);
 	}
 out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&bd_mapping->i_private_lock);
+	if (atomic)
+		spin_unlock(&bd_mapping->i_private_lock);
+	else
+		folio_unlock(folio);
 	folio_put(folio);
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -656,7 +667,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_buffers_fsync);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, bblock + 1, blocksize);
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, bblock + 1, blocksize);
 	if (bh) {
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh))
 			write_dirty_buffer(bh, 0);
@@ -1386,16 +1399,18 @@ lookup_bh_lru(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
 /*
  * Perform a pagecache lookup for the matching buffer.  If it's there, refresh
  * it in the LRU and mark it as accessed.  If it is not present then return
- * NULL
+ * NULL. Atomic context callers may also return NULL if the buffer is being
+ * migrated; similarly the page is not marked accessed either.
  */
-struct buffer_head *
-__find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
+static struct buffer_head *
+find_get_block_common(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
+			unsigned size, bool atomic)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = lookup_bh_lru(bdev, block, size);
 
 	if (bh == NULL) {
 		/* __find_get_block_slow will mark the page accessed */
-		bh = __find_get_block_slow(bdev, block);
+		bh = __find_get_block_slow(bdev, block, atomic);
 		if (bh)
 			bh_lru_install(bh);
 	} else
@@ -1403,8 +1418,23 @@ __find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
 
 	return bh;
 }
+
+struct buffer_head *
+__find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
+{
+	return find_get_block_common(bdev, block, size, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block);
 
+/* same as __find_get_block() but allows sleeping contexts */
+struct buffer_head *
+__find_get_block_nonatomic(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
+			   unsigned size)
+{
+	return find_get_block_common(bdev, block, size, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block_nonatomic);
+
 /**
  * bdev_getblk - Get a buffer_head in a block device's buffer cache.
  * @bdev: The block device.
@@ -1422,7 +1452,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block);
 struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 		unsigned size, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp))
+		bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, block, size);
+	else
+		bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
 
 	might_alloc(gfp);
 	if (bh)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 38bc8d74f4cc..e7ecc7c8a729 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ static int recently_deleted(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, int ino)
 	if (!bh || !buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		/*
 		 * If the block is not in the buffer cache, then it
-		 * must have been written out.
+		 * must have been written out, or, most unlikely, is
+		 * being migrated - false failure should be OK here.
 		 */
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f88424c28194..1e98c5be4e0a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -6642,7 +6642,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 			cond_resched();
 			if (is_metadata)
-				bh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, block + i);
+				bh = sb_find_get_block_nonatomic(inode->i_sb,
+								 block + i);
 			ext4_forget(handle, is_metadata, inode, bh, block + i);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
index 0cf0fddbee81..1467f6790747 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_revoke(handle_t *handle, unsigned long long blocknr,
 	bh = bh_in;
 
 	if (!bh) {
-		bh = __find_get_block(bdev, blocknr, journal->j_blocksize);
+		bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, blocknr,
+						journal->j_blocksize);
 		if (bh)
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "found on hash");
 	}
@@ -355,7 +356,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_revoke(handle_t *handle, unsigned long long blocknr,
 
 		/* If there is a different buffer_head lying around in
 		 * memory anywhere... */
-		bh2 = __find_get_block(bdev, blocknr, journal->j_blocksize);
+		bh2 = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bdev, blocknr,
+						 journal->j_blocksize);
 		if (bh2) {
 			/* ... and it has RevokeValid status... */
 			if (bh2 != bh && buffer_revokevalid(bh2))
@@ -464,7 +466,8 @@ void jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke(handle_t *handle, struct journal_head *jh)
 	 * state machine will get very upset later on. */
 	if (need_cancel) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh2;
-		bh2 = __find_get_block(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, bh->b_size);
+		bh2 = __find_get_block_nonatomic(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr,
+						 bh->b_size);
 		if (bh2) {
 			if (bh2 != bh)
 				clear_buffer_revoked(bh2);
@@ -492,9 +495,9 @@ void jbd2_clear_buffer_revoked_flags(journal_t *journal)
 			struct jbd2_revoke_record_s *record;
 			struct buffer_head *bh;
 			record = (struct jbd2_revoke_record_s *)list_entry;
-			bh = __find_get_block(journal->j_fs_dev,
-					      record->blocknr,
-					      journal->j_blocksize);
+			bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(journal->j_fs_dev,
+							record->blocknr,
+							journal->j_blocksize);
 			if (bh) {
 				clear_buffer_revoked(bh);
 				__brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index f1b4b3e611cb..c7a9729dc9d0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode)
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < p_blocks; i++, p_blkno++) {
-			bh = __find_get_block(osb->sb->s_bdev, p_blkno,
+			bh = __find_get_block_nonatomic(osb->sb->s_bdev, p_blkno,
 					osb->sb->s_blocksize);
 			/* block not cached. */
 			if (!bh)
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index f0a4ad7839b6..0029ff880e27 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ enum bh_state_bits {
 	BH_Meta,	/* Buffer contains metadata */
 	BH_Prio,	/* Buffer should be submitted with REQ_PRIO */
 	BH_Defer_Completion, /* Defer AIO completion to workqueue */
+	BH_Migrate,     /* Buffer is being migrated (norefs) */
 
 	BH_PrivateStart,/* not a state bit, but the first bit available
 			 * for private allocation by other entities
@@ -222,6 +223,8 @@ void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head *);
 wait_queue_head_t *bh_waitq_head(struct buffer_head *bh);
 struct buffer_head *__find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 			unsigned size);
+struct buffer_head *__find_get_block_nonatomic(struct block_device *bdev,
+			sector_t block, unsigned size);
 struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 		unsigned size, gfp_t gfp);
 void __brelse(struct buffer_head *);
@@ -397,6 +400,12 @@ sb_find_get_block(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 	return __find_get_block(sb->s_bdev, block, sb->s_blocksize);
 }
 
+static inline struct buffer_head *
+sb_find_get_block_nonatomic(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
+{
+	return __find_get_block_nonatomic(sb->s_bdev, block, sb->s_blocksize);
+}
+
 static inline void
 map_bh(struct buffer_head *bh, struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 {
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index f3ee6d8d5e2e..676d9cfc7059 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -845,9 +845,11 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (check_refs) {
-		bool busy;
+		bool busy, migrating;
 		bool invalidated = false;
 
+		migrating = test_and_set_bit_lock(BH_Migrate, &head->b_state);
+		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(migrating);
 recheck_buffers:
 		busy = false;
 		spin_lock(&mapping->i_private_lock);
@@ -859,12 +861,12 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
 			}
 			bh = bh->b_this_page;
 		} while (bh != head);
+		spin_unlock(&mapping->i_private_lock);
 		if (busy) {
 			if (invalidated) {
 				rc = -EAGAIN;
 				goto unlock_buffers;
 			}
-			spin_unlock(&mapping->i_private_lock);
 			invalidate_bh_lrus();
 			invalidated = true;
 			goto recheck_buffers;
@@ -883,7 +885,7 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 unlock_buffers:
 	if (check_refs)
-		spin_unlock(&mapping->i_private_lock);
+		clear_bit_unlock(BH_Migrate, &head->b_state);
 	bh = head;
 	do {
 		unlock_buffer(bh);