diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 0332086f7ab9..bf7daa35f73f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -774,6 +774,42 @@ bool gfs2_inode_already_deleted(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 generation)
 	return generation <= be64_to_cpu(ri->ri_generation_deleted);
 }
 
+static bool gfs2_try_evict(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+{
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
+	bool evicted = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there is contention on the iopen glock and we have an inode, try
+	 * to grab and release the inode so that it can be evicted.  This will
+	 * allow the remote node to go ahead and delete the inode without us
+	 * having to do it, which will avoid rgrp glock thrashing.
+	 *
+	 * The remote node is likely still holding the corresponding inode
+	 * glock, so it will run before we get to verify that the delete has
+	 * happened below.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	ip = gl->gl_object;
+	if (ip && !igrab(&ip->i_inode))
+		ip = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	if (ip) {
+		set_bit(GIF_DEFERRED_DELETE, &ip->i_flags);
+		d_prune_aliases(&ip->i_inode);
+		iput(&ip->i_inode);
+
+		/* If the inode was evicted, gl->gl_object will now be NULL. */
+		spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+		ip = gl->gl_object;
+		if (ip)
+			clear_bit(GIF_DEFERRED_DELETE, &ip->i_flags);
+		spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+		evicted = !ip;
+	}
+	return evicted;
+}
+
 static void delete_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(work);
@@ -792,6 +828,21 @@ static void delete_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (test_bit(GLF_INODE_CREATING, &gl->gl_flags))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (test_bit(GLF_DEMOTE, &gl->gl_flags)) {
+		/*
+		 * If we can evict the inode, give the remote node trying to
+		 * delete the inode some time before verifying that the delete
+		 * has happened.  Otherwise, if we cause contention on the inode glock
+		 * immediately, the remote node will think that we still have
+		 * the inode in use, and so it will give up waiting.
+		 */
+		if (gfs2_try_evict(gl)) {
+			if (gfs2_queue_delete_work(gl, 5 * HZ))
+				return;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	inode = gfs2_lookup_by_inum(sdp, no_addr, NULL, GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED);
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode)) {
 		d_prune_aliases(inode);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index fdcf7a2f06c5..76ac2578e658 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ enum {
 	GIF_ORDERED		= 4,
 	GIF_FREE_VFS_INODE      = 5,
 	GIF_GLOP_PENDING	= 6,
+	GIF_DEFERRED_DELETE	= 7,
 };
 
 struct gfs2_inode {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 71218a6fd9b4..7d8caf169efd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1299,9 +1299,12 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (test_bit(GIF_ALLOC_FAILED, &ip->i_flags)) {
 		BUG_ON(!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl));
 		gfs2_holder_mark_uninitialized(&gh);
-		goto alloc_failed;
+		goto out_delete;
 	}
 
+	if (test_bit(GIF_DEFERRED_DELETE, &ip->i_flags))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Deletes should never happen under memory pressure anymore.  */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
 		goto out;
@@ -1333,7 +1336,7 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (inode->i_nlink)
 		goto out_truncate;
 
-alloc_failed:
+out_delete:
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&ip->i_iopen_gh) &&
 	    test_bit(HIF_HOLDER, &ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_iflags)) {
 		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;