diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index d8f586256add..29e9762f3b77 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ xfs_defer_create_intent(
 {
 	const struct xfs_defer_op_type	*ops = defer_op_types[dfp->dfp_type];
 
-	dfp->dfp_intent = ops->create_intent(tp, &dfp->dfp_work,
-			dfp->dfp_count, sort);
+	if (!dfp->dfp_intent)
+		dfp->dfp_intent = ops->create_intent(tp, &dfp->dfp_work,
+						     dfp->dfp_count, sort);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ xfs_defer_finish_one(
 			list_add(li, &dfp->dfp_work);
 			dfp->dfp_count++;
 			dfp->dfp_done = NULL;
+			dfp->dfp_intent = NULL;
 			xfs_defer_create_intent(tp, dfp, false);
 		}
 
@@ -552,3 +554,23 @@ xfs_defer_move(
 
 	xfs_defer_reset(stp);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Prepare a chain of fresh deferred ops work items to be completed later.  Log
+ * recovery requires the ability to put off until later the actual finishing
+ * work so that it can process unfinished items recovered from the log in
+ * correct order.
+ *
+ * Create and log intent items for all the work that we're capturing so that we
+ * can be assured that the items will get replayed if the system goes down
+ * before log recovery gets a chance to finish the work it put off.  Then we
+ * move the chain from stp to dtp.
+ */
+void
+xfs_defer_capture(
+	struct xfs_trans	*dtp,
+	struct xfs_trans	*stp)
+{
+	xfs_defer_create_intents(stp);
+	xfs_defer_move(dtp, stp);
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
index 6b2ca580f2b0..3164199162b6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
@@ -63,4 +63,10 @@ extern const struct xfs_defer_op_type xfs_rmap_update_defer_type;
 extern const struct xfs_defer_op_type xfs_extent_free_defer_type;
 extern const struct xfs_defer_op_type xfs_agfl_free_defer_type;
 
+/*
+ * Functions to capture a chain of deferred operations and continue them later.
+ * This doesn't normally happen except log recovery.
+ */
+void xfs_defer_capture(struct xfs_trans *dtp, struct xfs_trans *stp);
+
 #endif /* __XFS_DEFER_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
index ec3691372e7c..815a0563288f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ xfs_bui_item_recover(
 		xfs_bmap_unmap_extent(tp, ip, &irec);
 	}
 
-	xfs_defer_move(parent_tp, tp);
+	xfs_defer_capture(parent_tp, tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_irele(ip);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
index ca93b6488377..492d80a0b406 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ xfs_cui_item_recover(
 	}
 
 	xfs_refcount_finish_one_cleanup(tp, rcur, error);
-	xfs_defer_move(parent_tp, tp);
+	xfs_defer_capture(parent_tp, tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 	return error;