diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.h
index f9d7846097e2..444a7704596c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct xfs_attr3_leaf_hdr {
 	__u8			holes;
 	__u8			pad1;
 	struct xfs_attr_leaf_map freemap[XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAPSIZE];
+	__be32			pad2;		/* 64 bit alignment */
 };
 
 #define XFS_ATTR3_LEAF_CRC_OFF	(offsetof(struct xfs_attr3_leaf_hdr, info.crc))
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
index 8804b8a3c310..0903960410a2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,17 @@ xfs_btree_new_iroot(
 	if (error)
 		goto error0;
 
+	/*
+	 * we can't just memcpy() the root in for CRC enabled btree blocks.
+	 * In that case have to also ensure the blkno remains correct
+	 */
 	memcpy(cblock, block, xfs_btree_block_len(cur));
+	if (cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_CRC_BLOCKS) {
+		if (cur->bc_flags & XFS_BTREE_LONG_PTRS)
+			cblock->bb_u.l.bb_blkno = cpu_to_be64(cbp->b_bn);
+		else
+			cblock->bb_u.s.bb_blkno = cpu_to_be64(cbp->b_bn);
+	}
 
 	be16_add_cpu(&block->bb_level, 1);
 	xfs_btree_set_numrecs(block, 1);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_format.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_format.h
index 995f1f505a52..7826782b8d78 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_format.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ struct xfs_dir3_blk_hdr {
 struct xfs_dir3_data_hdr {
 	struct xfs_dir3_blk_hdr	hdr;
 	xfs_dir2_data_free_t	best_free[XFS_DIR2_DATA_FD_COUNT];
+	__be32			pad;	/* 64 bit alignment */
 };
 
 #define XFS_DIR3_DATA_CRC_OFF  offsetof(struct xfs_dir3_data_hdr, hdr.crc)
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ struct xfs_dir3_leaf_hdr {
 	struct xfs_da3_blkinfo	info;		/* header for da routines */
 	__be16			count;		/* count of entries */
 	__be16			stale;		/* count of stale entries */
-	__be32			pad;
+	__be32			pad;		/* 64 bit alignment */
 };
 
 struct xfs_dir3_icleaf_hdr {
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ struct xfs_dir3_free_hdr {
 	__be32			firstdb;	/* db of first entry */
 	__be32			nvalid;		/* count of valid entries */
 	__be32			nused;		/* count of used entries */
-	__be32			pad;		/* 64 bit alignment. */
+	__be32			pad;		/* 64 bit alignment */
 };
 
 struct xfs_dir3_free {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 45a85ff84da1..7cf5e4eafe28 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -1845,7 +1845,13 @@ xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer(
 	xfs_agino_t		*buffer_nextp;
 
 	trace_xfs_log_recover_buf_inode_buf(mp->m_log, buf_f);
-	bp->b_ops = &xfs_inode_buf_ops;
+
+	/*
+	 * Post recovery validation only works properly on CRC enabled
+	 * filesystems.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&mp->m_sb))
+		bp->b_ops = &xfs_inode_buf_ops;
 
 	inodes_per_buf = BBTOB(bp->b_io_length) >> mp->m_sb.sb_inodelog;
 	for (i = 0; i < inodes_per_buf; i++) {
@@ -2205,7 +2211,16 @@ xlog_recover_do_reg_buffer(
 	/* Shouldn't be any more regions */
 	ASSERT(i == item->ri_total);
 
-	xlog_recovery_validate_buf_type(mp, bp, buf_f);
+	/*
+	 * We can only do post recovery validation on items on CRC enabled
+	 * fielsystems as we need to know when the buffer was written to be able
+	 * to determine if we should have replayed the item. If we replay old
+	 * metadata over a newer buffer, then it will enter a temporarily
+	 * inconsistent state resulting in verification failures. Hence for now
+	 * just avoid the verification stage for non-crc filesystems
+	 */
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&mp->m_sb))
+		xlog_recovery_validate_buf_type(mp, bp, buf_f);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index f6bfbd734669..e8e310c05097 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_mount_validate_sb(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	xfs_sb_t	*sbp,
-	bool		check_inprogress)
+	bool		check_inprogress,
+	bool		check_version)
 {
 
 	/*
@@ -337,9 +338,10 @@ xfs_mount_validate_sb(
 
 	/*
 	 * Version 5 superblock feature mask validation. Reject combinations the
-	 * kernel cannot support up front before checking anything else.
+	 * kernel cannot support up front before checking anything else. For
+	 * write validation, we don't need to check feature masks.
 	 */
-	if (XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(sbp) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5) {
+	if (check_version && XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(sbp) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5) {
 		xfs_alert(mp,
 "Version 5 superblock detected. This kernel has EXPERIMENTAL support enabled!\n"
 "Use of these features in this kernel is at your own risk!");
@@ -675,7 +677,8 @@ xfs_sb_to_disk(
 
 static int
 xfs_sb_verify(
-	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp,
+	bool		check_version)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount *mp = bp->b_target->bt_mount;
 	struct xfs_sb	sb;
@@ -686,7 +689,8 @@ xfs_sb_verify(
 	 * Only check the in progress field for the primary superblock as
 	 * mkfs.xfs doesn't clear it from secondary superblocks.
 	 */
-	return xfs_mount_validate_sb(mp, &sb, bp->b_bn == XFS_SB_DADDR);
+	return xfs_mount_validate_sb(mp, &sb, bp->b_bn == XFS_SB_DADDR,
+				     check_version);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -719,7 +723,7 @@ xfs_sb_read_verify(
 			goto out_error;
 		}
 	}
-	error = xfs_sb_verify(bp);
+	error = xfs_sb_verify(bp, true);
 
 out_error:
 	if (error) {
@@ -758,7 +762,7 @@ xfs_sb_write_verify(
 	struct xfs_buf_log_item	*bip = bp->b_fspriv;
 	int			error;
 
-	error = xfs_sb_verify(bp);
+	error = xfs_sb_verify(bp, false);
 	if (error) {
 		XFS_CORRUPTION_ERROR(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, mp, bp->b_addr);
 		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, error);