diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 4ec340dfb..ae6ed9383 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomestoreConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homestore"
-    version = "7.5.11"
+    version = "7.5.12"
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/Homestore"
     description = "HomeStore Storage Engine"
diff --git a/src/include/homestore/blkdata_service.hpp b/src/include/homestore/blkdata_service.hpp
index 518ad26e7..e3e669175 100644
--- a/src/include/homestore/blkdata_service.hpp
+++ b/src/include/homestore/blkdata_service.hpp
@@ -166,8 +166,13 @@ class BlkDataService {
      * @brief Commits the block with the given MultiBlkId.
      *
      * @param bid The MultiBlkId of the block to commit.
+     * @param recommit If true, skip the allocation check and commit the blk unconditionally.
+     *        Use this when re-committing a blk that is known to be live but whose allocator state
+     *        may have been lost (e.g. after a crash where the blk exists in the index but the
+     *        allocator watermarks were not yet persisted). Safe to pass when the allocator already
+     *        tracks the blk, as the underlying operations are monotonically advancing.
      */
-    BlkAllocStatus commit_blk(MultiBlkId const& bid);
+    BlkAllocStatus commit_blk(MultiBlkId const& bid, bool recommit = false);
 
     /**
      * @brief Allocates a contiguous block of disk space of the given size. This API should be called that when consumer
diff --git a/src/lib/blkdata_svc/blkdata_service.cpp b/src/lib/blkdata_svc/blkdata_service.cpp
index b0b73a5ef..bfc35d675 100644
--- a/src/lib/blkdata_svc/blkdata_service.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/blkdata_svc/blkdata_service.cpp
@@ -251,19 +251,19 @@ BlkAllocStatus BlkDataService::alloc_blks(uint32_t size, const blk_alloc_hints&
     return ret;
 }
 
-BlkAllocStatus BlkDataService::commit_blk(MultiBlkId const& blkid) {
+BlkAllocStatus BlkDataService::commit_blk(MultiBlkId const& blkid, bool recommit) {
     if (is_stopping()) return BlkAllocStatus::FAILED;
     incr_pending_request_num();
 
     if (blkid.num_pieces() == 1) {
         // Shortcut to most common case
-        auto ret = m_vdev->commit_blk(blkid);
+        auto ret = m_vdev->commit_blk(blkid, recommit);
         decr_pending_request_num();
         return ret;
     }
     auto it = blkid.iterate();
     while (auto const bid = it.next()) {
-        auto alloc_status = m_vdev->commit_blk(*bid);
+        auto alloc_status = m_vdev->commit_blk(*bid, recommit);
         if (alloc_status != BlkAllocStatus::SUCCESS) {
             decr_pending_request_num();
             return alloc_status;
diff --git a/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.cpp b/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.cpp
index b3c4bb3ac..b9b43bb89 100644
--- a/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bool VirtualDev::is_blk_alloced(BlkId const& blkid) const {
     return m_dmgr.get_chunk(blkid.chunk_num())->blk_allocator()->is_blk_alloced(blkid, true /* lock */);
 }
 
-BlkAllocStatus VirtualDev::commit_blk(BlkId const& blkid) {
+BlkAllocStatus VirtualDev::commit_blk(BlkId const& blkid, bool recommit) {
     Chunk* chunk = m_dmgr.get_chunk_mutable(blkid.chunk_num());
     // if we start with missing drive, we will have no chunk for this blkid;
     if (!chunk) {
@@ -188,12 +188,14 @@ BlkAllocStatus VirtualDev::commit_blk(BlkId const& blkid) {
     }
 
     auto const recovering = homestore::hs()->is_initializing();
-    if (!recovering) {
+    if (recovering || recommit) {
+        // Also advance the in-memory watermark so the allocator considers this blk allocated;
+        // required both during normal recovery and on an explicit recommit by the caller.
+        chunk->blk_allocator_mutable()->reserve_on_cache(blkid);
+    } else {
         // in non-recovery mode, if a blk is committed without allocating, it will cause data corruption
         HS_REL_ASSERT(is_blk_alloced(blkid), "commiting blkid {} is not allocated in non-recovery mode",
                       blkid.to_string());
-    } else {
-        chunk->blk_allocator_mutable()->reserve_on_cache(blkid);
     }
     return chunk->blk_allocator_mutable()->reserve_on_disk(blkid);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.hpp b/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.hpp
index 621411389..d9c79645b 100644
--- a/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/device/virtual_dev.hpp
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ class VirtualDev {
     /// @brief Commits the blkid in on-disk version of the blk allocator. The blkid is assumed to be allocated using
     /// alloc_blk or alloc_contiguous_blk method earlier (either after reboot or prior to reboot). It is not required
     /// to call this method if alloc_blk is called and system is not restarted. Typical use case of this method is
-    /// during recovery where alloc_blk is called but before it was checkpointed, it crashed and we are trying to
-    /// recover Please note that even calling this method is not guaranteed to persisted until checkpoint is taken.
+    /// during recovery where alloc_blk is called, but before it was checkpointed, it crashed, and we are trying to
+    /// recover. Please note that even calling this method is not guaranteed to be persisted until checkpoint is taken.
     /// @param blkid BlkId to commit explicitly.
+    /// @param recommit If true, skip the allocation check and commit unconditionally.
+    ///        See BlkDataService::commit_blk for details.
     /// @return Allocation Status
-    virtual BlkAllocStatus commit_blk(BlkId const& blkid);
+    virtual BlkAllocStatus commit_blk(BlkId const& blkid, bool recommit = false);
 
     virtual void free_blk(BlkId const& b, VDevCPContext* vctx = nullptr, bool free_now = false);