diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 0066468609da..532f85acf273 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -622,6 +622,72 @@ int nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map(struct inode *inode)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int nilfs_mdt_freeze_buffer(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	struct nilfs_shadow_map *shadow = NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_shadow;
+	struct buffer_head *bh_frozen;
+	struct page *page;
+	int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	page = grab_cache_page(&shadow->frozen_data, bh->b_page->index);
+	if (!page)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+		create_empty_buffers(page, 1 << blkbits, 0);
+
+	bh_frozen = nilfs_page_get_nth_block(page, bh_offset(bh) >> blkbits);
+	if (bh_frozen) {
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh_frozen))
+			nilfs_copy_buffer(bh_frozen, bh);
+		if (list_empty(&bh_frozen->b_assoc_buffers)) {
+			list_add_tail(&bh_frozen->b_assoc_buffers,
+				      &shadow->frozen_buffers);
+			set_buffer_nilfs_redirected(bh);
+		} else {
+			brelse(bh_frozen); /* already frozen */
+		}
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	unlock_page(page);
+	page_cache_release(page);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct buffer_head *
+nilfs_mdt_get_frozen_buffer(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	struct nilfs_shadow_map *shadow = NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_shadow;
+	struct buffer_head *bh_frozen = NULL;
+	struct page *page;
+	int n;
+
+	page = find_lock_page(&shadow->frozen_data, bh->b_page->index);
+	if (page) {
+		if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
+			n = bh_offset(bh) >> inode->i_blkbits;
+			bh_frozen = nilfs_page_get_nth_block(page, n);
+		}
+		unlock_page(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+	}
+	return bh_frozen;
+}
+
+static void nilfs_release_frozen_buffers(struct nilfs_shadow_map *shadow)
+{
+	struct list_head *head = &shadow->frozen_buffers;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	while (!list_empty(head)) {
+		bh = list_first_entry(head, struct buffer_head,
+				      b_assoc_buffers);
+		list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
+		brelse(bh); /* drop ref-count to make it releasable */
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * nilfs_mdt_restore_from_shadow_map - restore dirty pages and bmap state
  * @inode: inode of the metadata file
@@ -658,6 +724,7 @@ void nilfs_mdt_clear_shadow_map(struct inode *inode)
 	struct nilfs_shadow_map *shadow = mi->mi_shadow;
 
 	down_write(&mi->mi_sem);
+	nilfs_release_frozen_buffers(shadow);
 	truncate_inode_pages(&shadow->frozen_data, 0);
 	truncate_inode_pages(&shadow->frozen_btnodes, 0);
 	up_write(&mi->mi_sem);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
index e7f0d158c527..e60bbfe899f1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ int nilfs_mdt_setup_shadow_map(struct inode *inode,
 int nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map(struct inode *inode);
 void nilfs_mdt_restore_from_shadow_map(struct inode *inode);
 void nilfs_mdt_clear_shadow_map(struct inode *inode);
+int nilfs_mdt_freeze_buffer(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh);
+struct buffer_head *nilfs_mdt_get_frozen_buffer(struct inode *inode,
+						struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 #define nilfs_mdt_mark_buffer_dirty(bh)	nilfs_mark_buffer_dirty(bh)
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 6384ac14c0c8..7083344ac881 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ void nilfs_forget_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	clear_buffer_nilfs_volatile(bh);
 	clear_buffer_nilfs_checked(bh);
+	clear_buffer_nilfs_redirected(bh);
 	clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	if (nilfs_page_buffers_clean(page))
 		__nilfs_clear_page_dirty(page);
@@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ void nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
 				clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 				clear_buffer_nilfs_volatile(bh);
 				clear_buffer_nilfs_checked(bh);
+				clear_buffer_nilfs_redirected(bh);
 				clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				clear_buffer_mapped(bh);
 				unlock_buffer(bh);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.h b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
index 6ec4f498fc2b..fb9e8a8a2038 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ enum {
 	BH_NILFS_Node,
 	BH_NILFS_Volatile,
 	BH_NILFS_Checked,
+	BH_NILFS_Redirected,
 };
 
 BUFFER_FNS(NILFS_Allocated, nilfs_allocated)	/* nilfs private buffers */
 BUFFER_FNS(NILFS_Node, nilfs_node)		/* nilfs node buffers */
 BUFFER_FNS(NILFS_Volatile, nilfs_volatile)
 BUFFER_FNS(NILFS_Checked, nilfs_checked)	/* buffer is verified */
+BUFFER_FNS(NILFS_Redirected, nilfs_redirected)	/* redirected to a copy */
 
 
 void nilfs_mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index b75306d642c2..91dc0668ec83 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1908,6 +1908,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 			clear_buffer_nilfs_volatile(bh);
+			clear_buffer_nilfs_redirected(bh);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
 				if (bh->b_page != bd_page) {
 					end_page_writeback(bd_page);