diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index 47be76e..c6d684e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -1885,8 +1885,7 @@
 	struct xfs_buf			*agbp,
 	xfs_agino_t			agino,
 	struct xfs_bmap_free		*flist,
-	int				*deleted,
-	xfs_ino_t			*first_ino,
+	struct xfs_icluster		*xic,
 	struct xfs_inobt_rec_incore	*orec)
 {
 	struct xfs_agi			*agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp);
@@ -1947,9 +1946,9 @@
 	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_IKEEP) &&
 	    rec.ir_free == XFS_INOBT_ALL_FREE &&
 	    mp->m_sb.sb_inopblock <= XFS_INODES_PER_CHUNK) {
-
-		*deleted = 1;
-		*first_ino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno, rec.ir_startino);
+		xic->deleted = 1;
+		xic->first_ino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno, rec.ir_startino);
+		xic->alloc = xfs_inobt_irec_to_allocmask(&rec);
 
 		/*
 		 * Remove the inode cluster from the AGI B+Tree, adjust the
@@ -1974,7 +1973,7 @@
 
 		xfs_difree_inode_chunk(mp, agno, &rec, flist);
 	} else {
-		*deleted = 0;
+		xic->deleted = 0;
 
 		error = xfs_inobt_update(cur, &rec);
 		if (error) {
@@ -2118,8 +2117,7 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,		/* transaction pointer */
 	xfs_ino_t		inode,		/* inode to be freed */
 	struct xfs_bmap_free	*flist,		/* extents to free */
-	int			*deleted,/* set if inode cluster was deleted */
-	xfs_ino_t		*first_ino)/* first inode in deleted cluster */
+	struct xfs_icluster	*xic)	/* cluster info if deleted */
 {
 	/* REFERENCED */
 	xfs_agblock_t		agbno;	/* block number containing inode */
@@ -2170,8 +2168,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Fix up the inode allocation btree.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_difree_inobt(mp, tp, agbp, agino, flist, deleted, first_ino,
-				 &rec);
+	error = xfs_difree_inobt(mp, tp, agbp, agino, flist, xic, &rec);
 	if (error)
 		goto error0;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.h
index 4d4b702..12401fe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.h
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 /* Move inodes in clusters of this size */
 #define	XFS_INODE_BIG_CLUSTER_SIZE	8192
 
+struct xfs_icluster {
+	bool		deleted;	/* record is deleted */
+	xfs_ino_t	first_ino;	/* first inode number */
+	uint64_t	alloc;		/* inode phys. allocation bitmap for
+					 * sparse chunks */
+};
+
 /* Calculate and return the number of filesystem blocks per inode cluster */
 static inline int
 xfs_icluster_size_fsb(
@@ -90,8 +97,7 @@
 	struct xfs_trans *tp,		/* transaction pointer */
 	xfs_ino_t	inode,		/* inode to be freed */
 	struct xfs_bmap_free *flist,	/* extents to free */
-	int		*deleted,	/* set if inode cluster was deleted */
-	xfs_ino_t	*first_ino);	/* first inode in deleted cluster */
+	struct xfs_icluster *ifree);	/* cluster info if deleted */
 
 /*
  * Return the location of the inode in imap, for mapping it into a buffer.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index d6ebc85..11a8c28 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2239,9 +2239,9 @@
  */
 STATIC int
 xfs_ifree_cluster(
-	xfs_inode_t	*free_ip,
-	xfs_trans_t	*tp,
-	xfs_ino_t	inum)
+	xfs_inode_t		*free_ip,
+	xfs_trans_t		*tp,
+	struct xfs_icluster	*xic)
 {
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp = free_ip->i_mount;
 	int			blks_per_cluster;
@@ -2254,13 +2254,26 @@
 	xfs_inode_log_item_t	*iip;
 	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
 	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
+	xfs_ino_t		inum;
 
+	inum = xic->first_ino;
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, inum));
 	blks_per_cluster = xfs_icluster_size_fsb(mp);
 	inodes_per_cluster = blks_per_cluster << mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
 	nbufs = mp->m_ialloc_blks / blks_per_cluster;
 
 	for (j = 0; j < nbufs; j++, inum += inodes_per_cluster) {
+		/*
+		 * The allocation bitmap tells us which inodes of the chunk were
+		 * physically allocated. Skip the cluster if an inode falls into
+		 * a sparse region.
+		 */
+		if ((xic->alloc & XFS_INOBT_MASK(inum - xic->first_ino)) == 0) {
+			ASSERT(((inum - xic->first_ino) %
+				inodes_per_cluster) == 0);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		blkno = XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, inum),
 					 XFS_INO_TO_AGBNO(mp, inum));
 
@@ -2418,8 +2431,7 @@
 	xfs_bmap_free_t	*flist)
 {
 	int			error;
-	int			delete;
-	xfs_ino_t		first_ino;
+	struct xfs_icluster	xic = { 0 };
 
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
 	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_nlink == 0);
@@ -2435,7 +2447,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = xfs_difree(tp, ip->i_ino, flist, &delete, &first_ino);
+	error = xfs_difree(tp, ip->i_ino, flist, &xic);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -2452,8 +2464,8 @@
 	ip->i_d.di_gen++;
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 
-	if (delete)
-		error = xfs_ifree_cluster(ip, tp, first_ino);
+	if (xic.deleted)
+		error = xfs_ifree_cluster(ip, tp, &xic);
 
 	return error;
 }