diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index a20a0f1..44ed768 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_JOURNAL
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
 
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(trans_inc_lock);
 
+#define ORPHAN_SCAN_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT 300000
+
 static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode);
 static int ocfs2_recover_node(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			      int node_num, int slot_num);
@@ -1841,6 +1845,109 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Scan timer should get fired every ORPHAN_SCAN_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT. Add some
+ * randomness to the timeout to minimize multple nodes firing the timer at the
+ * same time.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long ocfs2_orphan_scan_timeout(void)
+{
+	unsigned long time;
+
+	get_random_bytes(&time, sizeof(time));
+	time = ORPHAN_SCAN_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT + (time % 5000);
+	return msecs_to_jiffies(time);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan calls ocfs2_queue_recovery_completion for
+ * every slot, queuing a recovery of the slot on the ocfs2_wq thread. This
+ * is done to catch any orphans that are left over in orphan directories.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan gets called every ORPHAN_SCAN_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT
+ * seconds.  It gets an EX lock on os_lockres and checks sequence number
+ * stored in LVB. If the sequence number has changed, it means some other
+ * node has done the scan.  This node skips the scan and tracks the
+ * sequence number.  If the sequence number didn't change, it means a scan
+ * hasn't happened.  The node queues a scan and increments the
+ * sequence number in the LVB.
+ */
+void ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
+	int status, i;
+	u32 seqno = 0;
+
+	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+
+	status = ocfs2_orphan_scan_lock(osb, &seqno, DLM_LOCK_EX);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status != -EAGAIN)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (os->os_seqno != seqno) {
+		os->os_seqno = seqno;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < osb->max_slots; i++)
+		ocfs2_queue_recovery_completion(osb->journal, i, NULL, NULL,
+						NULL);
+	/*
+	 * We queued a recovery on orphan slots, increment the sequence
+	 * number and update LVB so other node will skip the scan for a while
+	 */
+	seqno++;
+unlock:
+	ocfs2_orphan_scan_unlock(osb, seqno, DLM_LOCK_EX);
+out:
+	return;
+}
+
+/* Worker task that gets fired every ORPHAN_SCAN_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT millsec */
+void ocfs2_orphan_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
+
+	os = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_orphan_scan,
+			  os_orphan_scan_work.work);
+	osb = os->os_osb;
+
+	mutex_lock(&os->os_lock);
+	ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan(osb);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work,
+			      ocfs2_orphan_scan_timeout());
+	mutex_unlock(&os->os_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
+
+	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+	mutex_lock(&os->os_lock);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work);
+	mutex_unlock(&os->os_lock);
+}
+
+int ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
+
+	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+	os->os_osb = osb;
+	mutex_init(&os->os_lock);
+
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&os->os_orphan_scan_work,
+			  ocfs2_orphan_scan_work);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work,
+			      ocfs2_orphan_scan_timeout());
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct ocfs2_orphan_filldir_priv {
 	struct inode		*head;
 	struct ocfs2_super	*osb;