1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 3beed83437a..4c12869fcf7 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ static int cfq_cic_link(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct io_context *ioc,
                 }
         }
 
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret && ret != -EEXIST)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "cfq: cic link failed!\n");
 
         return ret;
@@ -3200,6 +3200,7 @@ cfq_get_io_context(struct cfq_data *cfqd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
         struct io_context *ioc = NULL;
         struct cfq_io_context *cic;
+        int ret;
 
         might_sleep_if(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT);
 
@@ -3207,6 +3208,7 @@ cfq_get_io_context(struct cfq_data *cfqd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
         if (!ioc)
                 return NULL;
 
+retry:
         cic = cfq_cic_lookup(cfqd, ioc);
         if (cic)
                 goto out;
@@ -3215,7 +3217,12 @@ cfq_get_io_context(struct cfq_data *cfqd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
         if (cic == NULL)
                 goto err;
 
-        if (cfq_cic_link(cfqd, ioc, cic, gfp_mask))
+        ret = cfq_cic_link(cfqd, ioc, cic, gfp_mask);
+        if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+                /* someone has linked cic to ioc already */
+                cfq_cic_free(cic);
+                goto retry;
+        } else if (ret)
                 goto err_free;
 
 out: