diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 3eca58f51ae9..8a899496fd5f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -868,27 +868,6 @@ xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
 	XFS_I(inode)->i_update_core = 1;
 }
 
-STATIC int
-xfs_log_inode(
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
-	int			error;
-
-	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
-	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-}
-
 STATIC int
 xfs_fs_write_inode(
 	struct inode		*inode,
@@ -902,10 +881,8 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-	if (!ip->i_update_core)
-		return 0;
 
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_kupdate) {
 		/*
 		 * Make sure the inode has made it it into the log.  Instead
 		 * of forcing it all the way to stable storage using a
@@ -913,11 +890,14 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 		 * ->sync_fs call do that for thus, which reduces the number
 		 * of synchronous log forces dramatically.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
+		error = xfs_log_dirty_inode(ip, NULL, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 		return 0;
 	} else {
+		if (!ip->i_update_core)
+			return 0;
+
 		/*
 		 * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return
 		 * EAGAIN to indicate to the caller that they did not succeed.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
index be5c51d8f757..f0994aedcd15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
@@ -336,6 +336,32 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	return error;
 }
 
+int
+xfs_log_dirty_inode(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
+	int			flags)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
+	int			error;
+
+	if (!ip->i_update_core)
+		return 0;
+
+	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
+		return error;
+	}
+
+	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
+	return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * When remounting a filesystem read-only or freezing the filesystem, we have
  * two phases to execute. This first phase is syncing the data before we
@@ -359,6 +385,16 @@ xfs_quiesce_data(
 {
 	int			error, error2 = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Log all pending size and timestamp updates.  The vfs writeback
+	 * code is supposed to do this, but due to its overagressive
+	 * livelock detection it will skip inodes where appending writes
+	 * were written out in the first non-blocking sync phase if their
+	 * completion took long enough that it happened after taking the
+	 * timestamp for the cut-off in the blocking phase.
+	 */
+	xfs_inode_ag_iterator(mp, xfs_log_dirty_inode, 0);
+
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
index 941202e7ac6e..fa965479d788 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ void xfs_quiesce_attr(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 
 void xfs_flush_inodes(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
+int xfs_log_dirty_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_perag *pag, int flags);
+
 int xfs_reclaim_inodes(struct xfs_mount *mp, int mode);
 int xfs_reclaim_inodes_count(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void xfs_reclaim_inodes_nr(struct xfs_mount *mp, int nr_to_scan);