diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 54c629855357..a00dda2e4f16 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2128,6 +2128,99 @@ leave:
 	return status;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file() - Prepare the orphan dir to recieve a newly
+ * allocated file. This is different from the typical 'add to orphan dir'
+ * operation in that the inode does not yet exist. This is a problem because
+ * the orphan dir stringifies the inode block number to come up with it's
+ * dirent. Obviously if the inode does not yet exist we have a chicken and egg
+ * problem. This function works around it by calling deeper into the orphan
+ * and suballoc code than other callers. Use this only by necessity.
+ * @dir: The directory which this inode will ultimately wind up under - not the
+ * orphan dir!
+ * @dir_bh: buffer_head the @dir inode block
+ * @orphan_name: string of length (CFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN + 1). Will be filled
+ * with the string to be used for orphan dirent. Pass back to the orphan dir
+ * code.
+ * @ret_orphan_dir: orphan dir inode returned to be passed back into orphan
+ * dir code.
+ * @ret_di_blkno: block number where the new inode will be allocated.
+ * @orphan_insert: Dir insert context to be passed back into orphan dir code.
+ * @ret_inode_ac: Inode alloc context to be passed back to the allocator.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success and the ret_orphan_dir, name and lookup
+ * fields will be populated.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero on failure. 
+ */
+static int ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file(struct inode *dir,
+					struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
+					char *orphan_name,
+					struct inode **ret_orphan_dir,
+					u64 *ret_di_blkno,
+					struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result *orphan_insert,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ret_inode_ac)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u64 di_blkno;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
+	struct inode *orphan_dir = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac = NULL;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lookup_lock_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir, &orphan_dir_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* reserve an inode spot */
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_inode(osb, &inode_ac);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_new_inode_loc(dir, dir_bh, inode_ac,
+				       &di_blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(orphan_dir, orphan_dir_bh,
+					 di_blkno, orphan_name, orphan_insert);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		*ret_orphan_dir = orphan_dir;
+		*ret_di_blkno = di_blkno;
+		*ret_inode_ac = inode_ac;
+		/*
+		 * orphan_name and orphan_insert are already up to
+		 * date via prepare_orphan_dir
+		 */
+	} else {
+		/* Unroll reserve_new_inode* */
+		if (inode_ac)
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(inode_ac);
+
+		/* Unroll orphan dir locking */
+		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir->i_mutex);
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(orphan_dir, 1);
+		iput(orphan_dir);
+	}
+
+	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 				 int mode,
 				 struct inode **new_inode)
@@ -2143,6 +2236,8 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 	struct buffer_head *new_di_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result orphan_insert = { NULL, };
+	u64 uninitialized_var(di_blkno), suballoc_loc;
+	u16 suballoc_bit;
 
 	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &parent_di_bh, 1);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -2151,20 +2246,9 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We give the orphan dir the root blkno to fake an orphan name,
-	 * and allocate enough space for our insertion.
-	 */
-	status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir,
-					  osb->root_blkno,
-					  orphan_name, &orphan_insert);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	/* reserve an inode spot */
-	status = ocfs2_reserve_new_inode(osb, &inode_ac);
+	status = ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file(dir, parent_di_bh,
+					      orphan_name, &orphan_dir,
+					      &di_blkno, &orphan_insert, &inode_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOSPC)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2191,17 +2275,20 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 		goto leave;
 	did_quota_inode = 1;
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
-	/* do the real work now. */
-	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode,
-				    0, &new_di_bh, parent_di_bh, handle,
-				    inode_ac);
+	status = ocfs2_claim_new_inode_at_loc(handle, dir, inode_ac,
+					      &suballoc_loc,
+					      &suballoc_bit, di_blkno);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_blkno_stringify(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, orphan_name);
+	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	/* do the real work now. */
+	status = __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode,
+				      0, &new_di_bh, parent_di_bh, handle,
+				      inode_ac, di_blkno, suballoc_loc,
+				      suballoc_bit);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;