diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c b/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
index 6ce8617b562d..7342de296ec3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/alloc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static int nilfs_palloc_get_block(struct inode *inode, unsigned long blkoff,
 	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock(lock);
-	if (prev->bh && blkoff == prev->blkoff) {
+	if (prev->bh && blkoff == prev->blkoff &&
+	    likely(buffer_uptodate(prev->bh))) {
 		get_bh(prev->bh);
 		*bhp = prev->bh;
 		spin_unlock(lock);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index a8ce522ac747..5c9154c29678 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh)
 	int err;
 
 	spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
-	if (ii->i_bh == NULL) {
+	if (ii->i_bh == NULL || unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(ii->i_bh))) {
 		spin_unlock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
 		err = nilfs_ifile_get_inode_block(ii->i_root->ifile,
 						  inode->i_ino, pbh);
@@ -1034,7 +1034,10 @@ int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh)
 		spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
 		if (ii->i_bh == NULL)
 			ii->i_bh = *pbh;
-		else {
+		else if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(ii->i_bh))) {
+			__brelse(ii->i_bh);
+			ii->i_bh = *pbh;
+		} else {
 			brelse(*pbh);
 			*pbh = ii->i_bh;
 		}