goto leave;
        }
 
-       status = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
-                                     &bit_off, &num_bits);
+       status = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
+                                       clusters_to_add, &bit_off, &num_bits);
        if (status < 0) {
                if (status != -ENOSPC)
                        mlog_errno(status);
 
 int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                                 handle_t *handle,
                                 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
-                                u32 min_bits,
+                                u32 bits_wanted,
                                 u32 *bit_off,
                                 u32 *num_bits)
 {
        int status, start;
        struct inode *local_alloc_inode;
-       u32 bits_wanted;
        void *bitmap;
        struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc;
        struct ocfs2_local_alloc *la;
        mlog_entry_void();
        BUG_ON(ac->ac_which != OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL);
 
-       bits_wanted = ac->ac_bits_wanted - ac->ac_bits_given;
        local_alloc_inode = ac->ac_inode;
        alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) osb->local_alloc_bh->b_data;
        la = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc);
 
 int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                                 handle_t *handle,
                                 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
-                                u32 min_bits,
+                                u32 bits_wanted,
                                 u32 *bit_off,
                                 u32 *num_bits);
 
 
  * contig. allocation, set to '1' to indicate we can deal with extents
  * of any size.
  */
-int ocfs2_claim_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-                        handle_t *handle,
-                        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
-                        u32 min_clusters,
-                        u32 *cluster_start,
-                        u32 *num_clusters)
+int __ocfs2_claim_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+                          handle_t *handle,
+                          struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
+                          u32 min_clusters,
+                          u32 max_clusters,
+                          u32 *cluster_start,
+                          u32 *num_clusters)
 {
        int status;
-       unsigned int bits_wanted = ac->ac_bits_wanted - ac->ac_bits_given;
+       unsigned int bits_wanted = max_clusters;
        u64 bg_blkno = 0;
        u16 bg_bit_off;
 
        mlog_entry_void();
 
-       BUG_ON(!ac);
        BUG_ON(ac->ac_bits_given >= ac->ac_bits_wanted);
 
        BUG_ON(ac->ac_which != OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL
        return status;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_claim_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+                        handle_t *handle,
+                        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
+                        u32 min_clusters,
+                        u32 *cluster_start,
+                        u32 *num_clusters)
+{
+       unsigned int bits_wanted = ac->ac_bits_wanted - ac->ac_bits_given;
+
+       return __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ac, min_clusters,
+                                     bits_wanted, cluster_start, num_clusters);
+}
+
 static inline int ocfs2_block_group_clear_bits(handle_t *handle,
                                               struct inode *alloc_inode,
                                               struct ocfs2_group_desc *bg,
 
                         u32 min_clusters,
                         u32 *cluster_start,
                         u32 *num_clusters);
+/*
+ * Use this variant of ocfs2_claim_clusters to specify a maxiumum
+ * number of clusters smaller than the allocation reserved.
+ */
+int __ocfs2_claim_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+                          handle_t *handle,
+                          struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
+                          u32 min_clusters,
+                          u32 max_clusters,
+                          u32 *cluster_start,
+                          u32 *num_clusters);
 
 int ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
                             struct inode *alloc_inode,