diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 8e7cafb5fc6c638cded86d0a04c369f62daa5b25..30306707b2caee141f39b69fb7decaf7d37f3045 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ static int ocfs2_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	if (down_read_trylock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem) == 0) {
+		ret = AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE;
+		goto out_meta_unlock;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * i_size might have just been updated as we grabed the meta lock.  We
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@ static int ocfs2_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	ocfs2_data_unlock(inode, 0);
 out_alloc:
 	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+out_meta_unlock:
 	ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
 out:
 	if (unlock)