diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 7d1355a9cc43..46108ca20d85 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,15 @@ xlog_write_iclog(
 	iclog->ic_bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = log->l_logBBstart + bno;
 	iclog->ic_bio.bi_end_io = xlog_bio_end_io;
 	iclog->ic_bio.bi_private = iclog;
-	iclog->ic_bio.bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_META | REQ_SYNC | REQ_FUA;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE here to tell the block layer the are more
+	 * IOs coming immediately after this one. This prevents the block layer
+	 * writeback throttle from throttling log writes behind background
+	 * metadata writeback and causing priority inversions.
+	 */
+	iclog->ic_bio.bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_META | REQ_SYNC |
+				REQ_IDLE | REQ_FUA;
 	if (need_flush)
 		iclog->ic_bio.bi_opf |= REQ_PREFLUSH;