diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 4184085d44af..31fbb2eea092 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ xfs_log_need_covered(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
 	if (((log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED) ||
 		(log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED2))
-			&& !xfs_trans_first_ail(mp, NULL)
+			&& !xfs_trans_ail_tail(mp->m_ail)
 			&& xlog_iclogs_empty(log)) {
 		if (log->l_covered_state == XLOG_STATE_COVER_NEED)
 			log->l_covered_state = XLOG_STATE_COVER_DONE;
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ xlog_assign_tail_lsn(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	xfs_lsn_t tail_lsn;
 	xlog_t	  *log = mp->m_log;
 
-	tail_lsn = xfs_trans_tail_ail(mp);
+	tail_lsn = xfs_trans_ail_tail(mp->m_ail);
 	spin_lock(&log->l_grant_lock);
 	if (tail_lsn != 0) {
 		log->l_tail_lsn = tail_lsn;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 37ba4899f3e6..45ea0d950138 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2728,8 +2728,7 @@ xlog_recover_do_efd_trans(
 	 */
 	mp = log->l_mp;
 	spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
-	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(mp->m_ail, &cur);
-	lip = xfs_trans_first_ail(mp, &cur);
+	lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(mp->m_ail, &cur, 0);
 	while (lip != NULL) {
 		if (lip->li_type == XFS_LI_EFI) {
 			efip = (xfs_efi_log_item_t *)lip;
@@ -2744,7 +2743,7 @@ xlog_recover_do_efd_trans(
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		lip = xfs_trans_next_ail(mp, &cur);
+		lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur);
 	}
 	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(mp->m_ail, &cur);
 	spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
@@ -3061,8 +3060,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_efis(
 	mp = log->l_mp;
 	spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
 
-	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(mp->m_ail, &cur);
-	lip = xfs_trans_first_ail(mp, &cur);
+	lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(mp->m_ail, &cur, 0);
 	while (lip != NULL) {
 		/*
 		 * We're done when we see something other than an EFI.
@@ -3070,7 +3068,8 @@ xlog_recover_process_efis(
 		 */
 		if (lip->li_type != XFS_LI_EFI) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
-			for (; lip; lip = xfs_trans_next_ail(mp, &cur))
+			for (; lip;
+			       lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur))
 				ASSERT(lip->li_type != XFS_LI_EFI);
 #endif
 			break;
@@ -3081,7 +3080,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_efis(
 		 */
 		efip = (xfs_efi_log_item_t *)lip;
 		if (efip->efi_flags & XFS_EFI_RECOVERED) {
-			lip = xfs_trans_next_ail(mp, &cur);
+			lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -3090,7 +3089,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_efis(
 		spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
-		lip = xfs_trans_next_ail(mp, &cur);
+		lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur);
 	}
 out:
 	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(mp->m_ail, &cur);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 1d89d50a5b99..ae2ae3e020d6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -971,7 +971,6 @@ void		xfs_trans_cancel(xfs_trans_t *, int);
 int		xfs_trans_ail_init(struct xfs_mount *);
 void		xfs_trans_ail_destroy(struct xfs_mount *);
 void		xfs_trans_push_ail(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_lsn_t);
-xfs_lsn_t	xfs_trans_tail_ail(struct xfs_mount *);
 void		xfs_trans_unlocked_item(struct xfs_mount *,
 					xfs_log_item_t *);
 xfs_log_busy_slot_t *xfs_trans_add_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index 7b8bfcf1d3da..286934d56ec7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ STATIC void xfs_ail_check(struct xfs_ail *, xfs_log_item_t *);
  * lsn of the last item in the AIL.
  */
 xfs_lsn_t
-xfs_trans_tail_ail(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
+xfs_trans_ail_tail(
+	struct xfs_ail	*ailp)
 {
 	xfs_lsn_t	lsn;
 	xfs_log_item_t	*lip;
 
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
-	lip = xfs_ail_min(mp->m_ail);
+	spin_lock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
+	lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
 	if (lip == NULL) {
 		lsn = (xfs_lsn_t)0;
 	} else {
 		lsn = lip->li_lsn;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
 
 	return lsn;
 }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ xfs_trans_push_ail(
  * We don't link the push cursor because it is embedded in the struct
  * xfs_ail and hence easily findable.
  */
-void
+STATIC void
 xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
 	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ xfs_trans_ail_cursor_set(
  * If the cursor was invalidated (inidicated by a lip of 1),
  * restart the traversal.
  */
-STATIC struct xfs_log_item *
+struct xfs_log_item *
 xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
 	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur)
@@ -156,30 +156,6 @@ xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(
 	return lip;
 }
 
-/*
- * Invalidate any cursor that is pointing to this item. This is
- * called when an item is removed from the AIL. Any cursor pointing
- * to this object is now invalid and the traversal needs to be
- * terminated so it doesn't reference a freed object. We set the
- * cursor item to a value of 1 so we can distinguish between an
- * invalidation and the end of the list when getting the next item
- * from the cursor.
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(
-	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
-	struct xfs_log_item	*lip)
-{
-	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur;
-
-	/* need to search all cursors */
-	for (cur = &ailp->xa_cursors; cur; cur = cur->next) {
-		if (cur->item == lip)
-			cur->item = (struct xfs_log_item *)
-					((__psint_t)cur->item | 1);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Now that the traversal is complete, we need to remove the cursor
  * from the list of traversing cursors. Avoid removing the embedded
@@ -207,32 +183,56 @@ xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(
 	ASSERT(cur);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Invalidate any cursor that is pointing to this item. This is
+ * called when an item is removed from the AIL. Any cursor pointing
+ * to this object is now invalid and the traversal needs to be
+ * terminated so it doesn't reference a freed object. We set the
+ * cursor item to a value of 1 so we can distinguish between an
+ * invalidation and the end of the list when getting the next item
+ * from the cursor.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(
+	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip)
+{
+	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur;
+
+	/* need to search all cursors */
+	for (cur = &ailp->xa_cursors; cur; cur = cur->next) {
+		if (cur->item == lip)
+			cur->item = (struct xfs_log_item *)
+					((__psint_t)cur->item | 1);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the item in the AIL with the current lsn.
  * Return the current tree generation number for use
  * in calls to xfs_trans_next_ail().
  */
-STATIC xfs_log_item_t *
-xfs_trans_first_push_ail(
+xfs_log_item_t *
+xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
 	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur,
 	xfs_lsn_t		lsn)
 {
 	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
 
+	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(ailp, cur);
 	lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
-	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_set(ailp, cur, lip);
 	if (lsn == 0)
-		return lip;
+		goto out;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(lip, &ailp->xa_ail, li_ail) {
-		if (XFS_LSN_CMP(lip->li_lsn, lsn) >= 0) {
-			xfs_trans_ail_cursor_set(ailp, cur, lip);
-			return lip;
-		}
+		if (XFS_LSN_CMP(lip->li_lsn, lsn) >= 0)
+			break;
 	}
-
-	return NULL;
+	lip = NULL;
+out:
+	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_set(ailp, cur, lip);
+	return lip;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ xfsaild_push(
 
 	spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
 	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(ailp, cur);
-	lip = xfs_trans_first_push_ail(ailp, cur, *last_lsn);
+	lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(ailp, cur, *last_lsn);
 	if (!lip || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
 		/*
 		 * AIL is empty or our push has reached the end.
@@ -551,39 +551,6 @@ xfs_trans_delete_ail(
 
 
 
-/*
- * Return the item in the AIL with the smallest lsn.
- * Return the current tree generation number for use
- * in calls to xfs_trans_next_ail().
- */
-xfs_log_item_t *
-xfs_trans_first_ail(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur)
-{
-	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
-	struct xfs_ail		*ailp = mp->m_ail;
-
-	lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
-	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_set(ailp, cur, lip);
-
-	return lip;
-}
-
-/*
- * Grab the next item in the AIL from the cursor passed in.
- */
-xfs_log_item_t *
-xfs_trans_next_ail(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur)
-{
-	struct xfs_ail		*ailp = mp->m_ail;
-
-	return xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(ailp, cur);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * The active item list (AIL) is a doubly linked list of log
  * items sorted by ascending lsn.  The base of the list is
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index f114d388570a..aa5853502529 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ void			xfs_trans_update_ail(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 void			xfs_trans_delete_ail(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 				     struct xfs_log_item *lip)
 				     __releases(mp->m_ail_lock);
-struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_trans_first_ail(struct xfs_mount *mp,
-					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur);
-struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_trans_next_ail(struct xfs_mount *mp,
-					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur);
 
-void xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
+xfs_lsn_t		xfs_trans_ail_tail(struct xfs_ail *ailp);
+
+struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
+					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur,
+					xfs_lsn_t lsn);
+struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
 					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur);
-void xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
+void			xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
 					struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur);
 
 long	xfsaild_push(struct xfs_ail *, xfs_lsn_t *);