diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index e350bd6a233..a7ce15d3c24 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -933,10 +933,6 @@ static int nfs_probe_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *mntfh, str
 		goto out_error;
 
 	nfs_server_set_fsinfo(server, &fsinfo);
-	error = bdi_init(&server->backing_dev_info);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_error;
-
 
 	/* Get some general file system info */
 	if (server->namelen == 0) {
@@ -995,6 +991,12 @@ static struct nfs_server *nfs_alloc_server(void)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (bdi_init(&server->backing_dev_info)) {
+		nfs_free_iostats(server->io_stats);
+		kfree(server);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return server;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index de935692d40..f1cc0587cfe 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2190,8 +2190,8 @@ static void nfs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(s);
 
-	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	kill_anon_super(s);
+	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	nfs_fscache_release_super_cookie(s);
 	nfs_free_server(server);
 }
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 1eea4fa0d41..d1ba4644105 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
 	unsigned long bdi_thresh;
 	unsigned long pages_written = 0;
 	unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages();
+	unsigned long pause = 1;
 
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 
@@ -561,7 +562,15 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
 		if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
 			break;		/* We've done our duty */
 
-		schedule_timeout(1);
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible(pause);
+
+		/*
+		 * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
+		 * default of taking a 100ms nap.
+		 */
+		pause <<= 1;
+		if (pause > HZ / 10)
+			pause = HZ / 10;
 	}
 
 	if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback < bdi_thresh &&