diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 52699a6a37..878235cae4 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -24601,6 +24601,51 @@ test_902() {
 }
 run_test 902 "test short write doesn't hang lustre"
 
+function create_and_checktime() {
+	local i
+	local start
+
+	for ((i=0; i < $2; i++)); do
+		start=$SECONDS
+		multiop $1-$i Oc
+		(($SECONDS-$start > $TIMEOUT)) &&
+			echo "creation took " $((SECONDS-$start))
+		echo "creation took " $((SECONDS-$start))
+	done
+}
+
+test_1000() {
+	local f0=$DIR/${tfile}-0
+	local f1=$DIR/${tfile}-1
+
+	wait_delete_completed
+
+	# refill precreated objects
+	$LFS setstripe -i0 -c1 $f0
+
+	# introduce OST imbalance to force QoS-based allocation
+	$LFS setstripe -i1 -c1 $f1
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$f1 bs=1M count=500 oflag=direct
+	sleep_maxage
+
+	# one OST is unavailable, but still have few objects preallocated
+	stop ost1
+
+	for ((i=0; i < 7; i++)); do
+		mkdir $DIR/$tdir$i
+		create_and_checktime $DIR/$tdir$i/$tfile- 100 &
+	done
+	wait
+
+	for ((i=0; i < 10; i++)); do
+		#lfs df -i
+		num=$(ls $DIR | wc -l)
+		echo "$num FILES CREATED"
+		sleep $TIMEOUT
+	done
+}
+run_test 1000
+
 complete $SECONDS
 [ -f $EXT2_DEV ] && rm $EXT2_DEV || true
 check_and_cleanup_lustre