diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
index 01ad7f353e08..f825eedc04b8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
@@ -440,32 +440,23 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(
 }
 
 /*
- * Write the value associated with an attribute into the out-of-line buffer
- * that we have defined for it.
+ * Find a "hole" in the attribute address space large enough for us to drop the
+ * new attribute's value into
  */
-int
-xfs_attr_rmtval_set(
+STATIC int
+xfs_attr_rmt_find_hole(
 	struct xfs_da_args	*args)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
-	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map;
-	xfs_dablk_t		lblkno;
-	xfs_fileoff_t		lfileoff = 0;
-	uint8_t			*src = args->value;
-	int			blkcnt;
-	int			valuelen;
-	int			nmap;
 	int			error;
-	int			offset = 0;
-
-	trace_xfs_attr_rmtval_set(args);
+	int			blkcnt;
+	xfs_fileoff_t		lfileoff = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * Find a "hole" in the attribute address space large enough for
-	 * us to drop the new attribute's value into. Because CRC enable
-	 * attributes have headers, we can't just do a straight byte to FSB
-	 * conversion and have to take the header space into account.
+	 * Because CRC enable attributes have headers, we can't just do a
+	 * straight byte to FSB conversion and have to take the header space
+	 * into account.
 	 */
 	blkcnt = xfs_attr3_rmt_blocks(mp, args->rmtvaluelen);
 	error = xfs_bmap_first_unused(args->trans, args->dp, blkcnt, &lfileoff,
@@ -473,48 +464,26 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	args->rmtblkno = lblkno = (xfs_dablk_t)lfileoff;
+	args->rmtblkno = (xfs_dablk_t)lfileoff;
 	args->rmtblkcnt = blkcnt;
 
-	/*
-	 * Roll through the "value", allocating blocks on disk as required.
-	 */
-	while (blkcnt > 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Allocate a single extent, up to the size of the value.
-		 *
-		 * Note that we have to consider this a data allocation as we
-		 * write the remote attribute without logging the contents.
-		 * Hence we must ensure that we aren't using blocks that are on
-		 * the busy list so that we don't overwrite blocks which have
-		 * recently been freed but their transactions are not yet
-		 * committed to disk. If we overwrite the contents of a busy
-		 * extent and then crash then the block may not contain the
-		 * correct metadata after log recovery occurs.
-		 */
-		nmap = 1;
-		error = xfs_bmapi_write(args->trans, dp, (xfs_fileoff_t)lblkno,
-				  blkcnt, XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK, args->total, &map,
-				  &nmap);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-		error = xfs_defer_finish(&args->trans);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		ASSERT(nmap == 1);
-		ASSERT((map.br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK) &&
-		       (map.br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
-		lblkno += map.br_blockcount;
-		blkcnt -= map.br_blockcount;
-
-		/*
-		 * Start the next trans in the chain.
-		 */
-		error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, dp);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
+STATIC int
+xfs_attr_rmtval_set_value(
+	struct xfs_da_args	*args)
+{
+	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
+	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map;
+	xfs_dablk_t		lblkno;
+	uint8_t			*src = args->value;
+	int			blkcnt;
+	int			valuelen;
+	int			nmap;
+	int			error;
+	int			offset = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Roll through the "value", copying the attribute value to the
@@ -594,6 +563,72 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_stale(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Write the value associated with an attribute into the out-of-line buffer
+ * that we have defined for it.
+ */
+int
+xfs_attr_rmtval_set(
+	struct xfs_da_args	*args)
+{
+	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
+	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map;
+	xfs_dablk_t		lblkno;
+	int			blkcnt;
+	int			nmap;
+	int			error;
+
+	trace_xfs_attr_rmtval_set(args);
+
+	error = xfs_attr_rmt_find_hole(args);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	blkcnt = args->rmtblkcnt;
+	lblkno = (xfs_dablk_t)args->rmtblkno;
+	/*
+	 * Roll through the "value", allocating blocks on disk as required.
+	 */
+	while (blkcnt > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Allocate a single extent, up to the size of the value.
+		 *
+		 * Note that we have to consider this a data allocation as we
+		 * write the remote attribute without logging the contents.
+		 * Hence we must ensure that we aren't using blocks that are on
+		 * the busy list so that we don't overwrite blocks which have
+		 * recently been freed but their transactions are not yet
+		 * committed to disk. If we overwrite the contents of a busy
+		 * extent and then crash then the block may not contain the
+		 * correct metadata after log recovery occurs.
+		 */
+		nmap = 1;
+		error = xfs_bmapi_write(args->trans, dp, (xfs_fileoff_t)lblkno,
+				  blkcnt, XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK, args->total, &map,
+				  &nmap);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		error = xfs_defer_finish(&args->trans);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
+		ASSERT(nmap == 1);
+		ASSERT((map.br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK) &&
+		       (map.br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
+		lblkno += map.br_blockcount;
+		blkcnt -= map.br_blockcount;
+
+		/*
+		 * Start the next trans in the chain.
+		 */
+		error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, dp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	return xfs_attr_rmtval_set_value(args);
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove the value associated with an attribute by deleting the
  * out-of-line buffer that it is stored on.