return 0;
 inconsistent:
        if (fsck_err_on(true, c,
-                       "stripe has wrong block sector count %u:\n"
+                       "stripe block %u has wrong sector count:\n"
                        "  %s\n"
-                       "  should be %u", i,
+                       "  got %u, should be %u", i,
                        (printbuf_reset(&buf),
                         bch2_bkey_val_to_text(&buf, c, k), buf.buf),
+                       stripe_blockcount_get(s, i),
                        m ? m->block_sectors[i] : 0)) {
                struct bkey_i_stripe *new;
 
 
                        goto err;
                }
 
-               for (i = 0; i < new->v.nr_blocks; i++)
-                       stripe_blockcount_set(&new->v, i, stripe_blockcount_get(old, i));
+               for (i = 0; i < new->v.nr_blocks; i++) {
+                       unsigned v = stripe_blockcount_get(old, i);
+
+                       BUG_ON(v &&
+                              (old->ptrs[i].dev != new->v.ptrs[i].dev ||
+                               old->ptrs[i].gen != new->v.ptrs[i].gen ||
+                               old->ptrs[i].offset != new->v.ptrs[i].offset));
+
+                       stripe_blockcount_set(&new->v, i, v);
+               }
        }
 
        ret = bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &new->k_i, 0);
        if (idx < 0)
                return -BCH_ERR_ENOSPC_stripe_reuse;
 
-       h->s->have_existing_stripe = true;
        ret = get_stripe_key_trans(trans, idx, &h->s->existing_stripe);
        if (ret) {
-               bch2_fs_fatal_error(c, "error reading stripe key: %i", ret);
+               bch2_stripe_close(c, h->s);
+               if (!bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
+                       bch2_fs_fatal_error(c, "error reading stripe key: %s", bch2_err_str(ret));
                return ret;
        }
 
                ec_block_io(c, &h->s->existing_stripe, READ, i, &h->s->iodone);
        }
 
-       bkey_copy(&h->s->new_stripe.key.k_i,
-                 &h->s->existing_stripe.key.k_i);
+       bkey_copy(&h->s->new_stripe.key.k_i, &h->s->existing_stripe.key.k_i);
+       h->s->have_existing_stripe = true;
 
        return 0;
 }
        struct bpos start_pos = bpos_max(min_pos, POS(0, c->ec_stripe_hint));
        int ret;
 
-       BUG_ON(h->s->res.sectors);
-
-       ret = bch2_disk_reservation_get(c, &h->s->res,
+       if (!h->s->res.sectors) {
+               ret = bch2_disk_reservation_get(c, &h->s->res,
                                        h->blocksize,
-                                       h->s->nr_parity, 0);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
+                                       h->s->nr_parity,
+                                       BCH_DISK_RESERVATION_NOFAIL);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+       }
 
        for_each_btree_key_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_stripes, start_pos,
                           BTREE_ITER_SLOTS|BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k, ret) {
 
        if (ret && needs_stripe_new)
                ret = __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reuse(trans, h);
-       if (ret) {
-               bch_err_ratelimited(c, "failed to get stripe: %s", bch2_err_str(ret));
+       if (ret)
                goto err;
-       }
 
        if (!h->s->allocated) {
                ret = new_stripe_alloc_buckets(trans, h, reserve, cl);