diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index ab12e526540a..79ffe6dff115 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -731,19 +731,27 @@ xfs_iflush_done(
 	 * holding the lock before removing the inode from the AIL.
 	 */
 	if (need_ail) {
-		bool			mlip_changed = false;
+		xfs_lsn_t	tail_lsn = 0;
 
 		/* this is an opencoded batch version of xfs_trans_ail_delete */
 		spin_lock(&ailp->ail_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(blip, &tmp, li_bio_list) {
 			if (INODE_ITEM(blip)->ili_logged &&
-			    blip->li_lsn == INODE_ITEM(blip)->ili_flush_lsn)
-				mlip_changed |= xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, blip);
-			else {
+			    blip->li_lsn == INODE_ITEM(blip)->ili_flush_lsn) {
+				/*
+				 * xfs_ail_update_finish() only cares about the
+				 * lsn of the first tail item removed, any
+				 * others will be at the same or higher lsn so
+				 * we just ignore them.
+				 */
+				xfs_lsn_t lsn = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, blip);
+				if (!tail_lsn && lsn)
+					tail_lsn = lsn;
+			} else {
 				xfs_clear_li_failed(blip);
 			}
 		}
-		xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, mlip_changed);
+		xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index 656819523bbd..685a21cd24c0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -108,17 +108,25 @@ xfs_ail_next(
  * We need the AIL lock in order to get a coherent read of the lsn of the last
  * item in the AIL.
  */
+static xfs_lsn_t
+__xfs_ail_min_lsn(
+	struct xfs_ail		*ailp)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+
+	if (lip)
+		return lip->li_lsn;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 xfs_lsn_t
 xfs_ail_min_lsn(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp)
 {
-	xfs_lsn_t		lsn = 0;
-	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn;
 
 	spin_lock(&ailp->ail_lock);
-	lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
-	if (lip)
-		lsn = lip->li_lsn;
+	lsn = __xfs_ail_min_lsn(ailp);
 	spin_unlock(&ailp->ail_lock);
 
 	return lsn;
@@ -681,11 +689,12 @@ xfs_ail_push_all_sync(
 void
 xfs_ail_update_finish(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
-	bool			do_tail_update) __releases(ailp->ail_lock)
+	xfs_lsn_t		old_lsn) __releases(ailp->ail_lock)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ailp->ail_mount;
 
-	if (!do_tail_update) {
+	/* if the tail lsn hasn't changed, don't do updates or wakeups. */
+	if (!old_lsn || old_lsn == __xfs_ail_min_lsn(ailp)) {
 		spin_unlock(&ailp->ail_lock);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -730,7 +739,7 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
 	xfs_lsn_t		lsn) __releases(ailp->ail_lock)
 {
 	struct xfs_log_item	*mlip;
-	int			mlip_changed = 0;
+	xfs_lsn_t		tail_lsn = 0;
 	int			i;
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 
@@ -745,9 +754,10 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
 				continue;
 
 			trace_xfs_ail_move(lip, lip->li_lsn, lsn);
+			if (mlip == lip && !tail_lsn)
+				tail_lsn = lip->li_lsn;
+
 			xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
-			if (mlip == lip)
-				mlip_changed = 1;
 		} else {
 			trace_xfs_ail_insert(lip, 0, lsn);
 		}
@@ -758,15 +768,23 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
 	if (!list_empty(&tmp))
 		xfs_ail_splice(ailp, cur, &tmp, lsn);
 
-	xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, mlip_changed);
+	xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn);
 }
 
-bool
+/*
+ * Delete one log item from the AIL.
+ *
+ * If this item was at the tail of the AIL, return the LSN of the log item so
+ * that we can use it to check if the LSN of the tail of the log has moved
+ * when finishing up the AIL delete process in xfs_ail_update_finish().
+ */
+xfs_lsn_t
 xfs_ail_delete_one(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
 	struct xfs_log_item	*lip)
 {
 	struct xfs_log_item	*mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn = lip->li_lsn;
 
 	trace_xfs_ail_delete(lip, mlip->li_lsn, lip->li_lsn);
 	xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
@@ -774,7 +792,9 @@ xfs_ail_delete_one(
 	clear_bit(XFS_LI_IN_AIL, &lip->li_flags);
 	lip->li_lsn = 0;
 
-	return mlip == lip;
+	if (mlip == lip)
+		return lsn;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -805,7 +825,7 @@ xfs_trans_ail_delete(
 	int			shutdown_type)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ailp->ail_mount;
-	bool			need_update;
+	xfs_lsn_t		tail_lsn;
 
 	if (!test_bit(XFS_LI_IN_AIL, &lip->li_flags)) {
 		spin_unlock(&ailp->ail_lock);
@@ -818,8 +838,8 @@ xfs_trans_ail_delete(
 		return;
 	}
 
-	need_update = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, lip);
-	xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, need_update);
+	tail_lsn = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, lip);
+	xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index 64ffa746730e..35655eac01a6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update(
 	xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(ailp, NULL, &lip, 1, lsn);
 }
 
-bool xfs_ail_delete_one(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip);
-void xfs_ail_update_finish(struct xfs_ail *ailp, bool do_tail_update)
+xfs_lsn_t xfs_ail_delete_one(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip);
+void xfs_ail_update_finish(struct xfs_ail *ailp, xfs_lsn_t old_lsn)
 			__releases(ailp->ail_lock);
 void xfs_trans_ail_delete(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip,
 		int shutdown_type);
