diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index abff79a77c72..47a20cf5205f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -1044,9 +1044,7 @@ xchk_irele(
 	struct xfs_scrub	*sc,
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info != NULL) {
-		ASSERT(current->journal_info == sc->tp);
-
+	if (sc->tp) {
 		/*
 		 * If we are in a transaction, we /cannot/ drop the inode
 		 * ourselves, because the VFS will trigger writeback, which
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 1698507d1ac7..3f428620ebf2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -503,13 +503,6 @@ xfs_vm_writepages(
 {
 	struct xfs_writepage_ctx wpc = { };
 
-	/*
-	 * Writing back data in a transaction context can result in recursive
-	 * transactions. This is bad, so issue a warning and get out of here.
-	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->journal_info))
-		return 0;
-
 	xfs_iflags_clear(XFS_I(mapping->host), XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 	return iomap_writepages(mapping, wbc, &wpc.ctx, &xfs_writeback_ops);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index e64265bc0b33..74f1812b03cb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -2039,8 +2039,10 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_queue_work(
  *  - Memory shrinkers queued the inactivation worker and it hasn't finished.
  *  - The queue depth exceeds the maximum allowable percpu backlog.
  *
- * Note: If the current thread is running a transaction, we don't ever want to
- * wait for other transactions because that could introduce a deadlock.
+ * Note: If we are in a NOFS context here (e.g. current thread is running a
+ * transaction) the we don't want to block here as inodegc progress may require
+ * filesystem resources we hold to make progress and that could result in a
+ * deadlock. Hence we skip out of here if we are in a scoped NOFS context.
  */
 static inline bool
 xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
@@ -2048,7 +2050,7 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
 	unsigned int		items,
 	unsigned int		shrinker_hits)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info)
+	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS)
 		return false;
 
 	if (shrinker_hits > 0)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 3f7e3a09a49f..1636663707dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -268,19 +268,14 @@ static inline void
 xfs_trans_set_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
-	ASSERT(current->journal_info == NULL);
 	tp->t_pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
-	current->journal_info = tp;
 }
 
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_clear_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info == tp) {
-		memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
-		current->journal_info = NULL;
-	}
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -288,10 +283,8 @@ xfs_trans_switch_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*old_tp,
 	struct xfs_trans	*new_tp)
 {
-	ASSERT(current->journal_info == old_tp);
 	new_tp->t_pflags = old_tp->t_pflags;
 	old_tp->t_pflags = 0;
-	current->journal_info = new_tp;
 }
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_TRANS_H__ */