tree->mapping = mapping;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->buffer_lru);
        tree->lru_size = 0;
+       tree->last = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(extent_io_tree_init);
 
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct rb_node *__tree_search(struct rb_root *root, u64 offset,
+static struct rb_node *__etree_search(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 offset,
                                     struct rb_node **prev_ret,
                                     struct rb_node **next_ret)
 {
+       struct rb_root *root = &tree->state;
        struct rb_node * n = root->rb_node;
        struct rb_node *prev = NULL;
        struct rb_node *orig_prev = NULL;
        struct tree_entry *entry;
        struct tree_entry *prev_entry = NULL;
 
+       if (tree->last) {
+               struct extent_state *state;
+               state = tree->last;
+               if (state->start <= offset && offset <= state->end)
+                       return &tree->last->rb_node;
+       }
        while(n) {
                entry = rb_entry(n, struct tree_entry, rb_node);
                prev = n;
                        n = n->rb_left;
                else if (offset > entry->end)
                        n = n->rb_right;
-               else
+               else {
+                       tree->last = rb_entry(n, struct extent_state, rb_node);
                        return n;
+               }
        }
 
        if (prev_ret) {
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline struct rb_node *tree_search(struct rb_root *root, u64 offset)
+static inline struct rb_node *tree_search(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
+                                         u64 offset)
 {
        struct rb_node *prev = NULL;
        struct rb_node *ret;
 
-       ret = __tree_search(root, offset, &prev, NULL);
-       if (!ret)
+       ret = __etree_search(tree, offset, &prev, NULL);
+       if (!ret) {
+               if (prev) {
+                       tree->last = rb_entry(prev, struct extent_state,
+                                             rb_node);
+               }
                return prev;
+       }
        return ret;
 }
 
                    other->state == state->state) {
                        state->start = other->start;
                        other->tree = NULL;
+                       if (tree->last == other)
+                               tree->last = NULL;
                        rb_erase(&other->rb_node, &tree->state);
                        free_extent_state(other);
                }
                    other->state == state->state) {
                        other->start = state->start;
                        state->tree = NULL;
+                       if (tree->last == state)
+                               tree->last = NULL;
                        rb_erase(&state->rb_node, &tree->state);
                        free_extent_state(state);
                }
                return -EEXIST;
        }
        state->tree = tree;
+       tree->last = state;
        merge_state(tree, state);
        return 0;
 }
                wake_up(&state->wq);
        if (delete || state->state == 0) {
                if (state->tree) {
+                       if (tree->last == state)
+                               tree->last = NULL;
                        rb_erase(&state->rb_node, &tree->state);
                        state->tree = NULL;
                        free_extent_state(state);
         * this search will find the extents that end after
         * our range starts
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        if (!node)
                goto out;
        state = rb_entry(node, struct extent_state, rb_node);
                 * this search will find all the extents that end after
                 * our range starts
                 */
-               node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+               node = tree_search(tree, start);
                if (!node)
                        break;
 
         * this search will find all the extents that end after
         * our range starts.
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        if (!node) {
                err = insert_state(tree, prealloc, start, end, bits);
                prealloc = NULL;
         * this search will find all the extents that end after
         * our range starts.
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        if (!node || IS_ERR(node)) {
                goto out;
        }
         * our range starts.
         */
 search_again:
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, cur_start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, cur_start);
        if (!node || IS_ERR(node)) {
                *end = (u64)-1;
                goto out;
         * this search will find all the extents that end after
         * our range starts.
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, cur_start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, cur_start);
        if (!node || IS_ERR(node)) {
                goto out;
        }
         * this search will find all the extents that end after
         * our range starts.
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        if (!node || IS_ERR(node)) {
                ret = -ENOENT;
                goto out;
         * this search will find all the extents that end after
         * our range starts.
         */
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        if (!node || IS_ERR(node)) {
                ret = -ENOENT;
                goto out;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&tree->lock, flags);
-       node = tree_search(&tree->state, start);
+       node = tree_search(tree, start);
        while (node && start <= end) {
                state = rb_entry(node, struct extent_state, rb_node);
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&tree->lock, flags);
                if (!state || state->end != end) {
                        state = NULL;
-                       node = __tree_search(&tree->state, start, NULL, NULL);
+                       node = __etree_search(tree, start, NULL, NULL);
                        if (node) {
                                state = rb_entry(node, struct extent_state,
                                                 rb_node);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&tree->lock, flags);
                if (!state || state->end != end) {
                        state = NULL;
-                       node = __tree_search(&tree->state, start, NULL, NULL);
+                       node = __etree_search(tree, start, NULL, NULL);
                        if (node) {
                                state = rb_entry(node, struct extent_state,
                                                 rb_node);
        end = start + bvec->bv_len - 1;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&tree->lock);
-       node = __tree_search(&tree->state, start, NULL, NULL);
+       node = __etree_search(tree, start, NULL, NULL);
        BUG_ON(!node);
        state = rb_entry(node, struct extent_state, rb_node);
        while(state->end < end) {