diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index d90e7811ccdd..08cb7d1a4a3a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -731,22 +731,27 @@ xfs_iflush_done(
 	 * holding the lock before removing the inode from the AIL.
 	 */
 	if (need_ail) {
-		struct xfs_log_item *log_items[need_ail];
-		int i = 0;
+		bool			mlip_changed = false;
+
+		/* this is an opencoded batch version of xfs_trans_ail_delete */
 		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 		for (blip = lip; blip; blip = blip->li_bio_list) {
-			iip = INODE_ITEM(blip);
-			if (iip->ili_logged &&
-			    blip->li_lsn == iip->ili_flush_lsn) {
-				log_items[i++] = blip;
-			}
-			ASSERT(i <= need_ail);
+			if (INODE_ITEM(blip)->ili_logged &&
+			    blip->li_lsn == INODE_ITEM(blip)->ili_flush_lsn)
+				mlip_changed |= xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, blip);
 		}
-		/* xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk() drops the AIL lock. */
-		xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk(ailp, log_items, i,
-					  SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
-	}
 
+		if (mlip_changed) {
+			if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount))
+				xlog_assign_tail_lsn_locked(ailp->xa_mount);
+			if (list_empty(&ailp->xa_ail))
+				wake_up_all(&ailp->xa_empty);
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+
+		if (mlip_changed)
+			xfs_log_space_wake(ailp->xa_mount);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * clean up and unlock the flush lock now we are done. We can clear the
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index d6c9c3e9e02b..9056c0f34a3c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -684,8 +684,23 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk - remove multiple log items from the AIL
+bool
+xfs_ail_delete_one(
+	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
+	struct xfs_log_item 	*lip)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+
+	trace_xfs_ail_delete(lip, mlip->li_lsn, lip->li_lsn);
+	xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
+	lip->li_flags &= ~XFS_LI_IN_AIL;
+	lip->li_lsn = 0;
+
+	return mlip == lip;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove a log items from the AIL
  *
  * @xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk takes an array of log items that all need to
  * removed from the AIL. The caller is already holding the AIL lock, and done
@@ -706,52 +721,36 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
  * before returning.
  */
 void
-xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk(
+xfs_trans_ail_delete(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
-	struct xfs_log_item	**log_items,
-	int			nr_items,
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip,
 	int			shutdown_type) __releases(ailp->xa_lock)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_t		*mlip;
-	int			mlip_changed = 0;
-	int			i;
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ailp->xa_mount;
+	bool			mlip_changed;
 
-	mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_items; i++) {
-		struct xfs_log_item *lip = log_items[i];
-		if (!(lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)) {
-			struct xfs_mount	*mp = ailp->xa_mount;
-
-			spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
-			if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-				xfs_alert_tag(mp, XFS_PTAG_AILDELETE,
-		"%s: attempting to delete a log item that is not in the AIL",
-						__func__);
-				xfs_force_shutdown(mp, shutdown_type);
-			}
-			return;
+	if (!(lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)) {
+		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+		if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+			xfs_alert_tag(mp, XFS_PTAG_AILDELETE,
+	"%s: attempting to delete a log item that is not in the AIL",
+					__func__);
+			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, shutdown_type);
 		}
-
-		trace_xfs_ail_delete(lip, mlip->li_lsn, lip->li_lsn);
-		xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
-		lip->li_flags &= ~XFS_LI_IN_AIL;
-		lip->li_lsn = 0;
-		if (mlip == lip)
-			mlip_changed = 1;
+		return;
 	}
 
+	mlip_changed = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, lip);
 	if (mlip_changed) {
-		if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount))
-			xlog_assign_tail_lsn_locked(ailp->xa_mount);
+		if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
+			xlog_assign_tail_lsn_locked(mp);
 		if (list_empty(&ailp->xa_ail))
 			wake_up_all(&ailp->xa_empty);
-		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
-
-		xfs_log_space_wake(ailp->xa_mount);
-	} else {
-		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	if (mlip_changed)
+		xfs_log_space_wake(ailp->xa_mount);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index 49931b72da8a..d91706c56c63 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -106,18 +106,9 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update(
 	xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(ailp, NULL, &lip, 1, lsn);
 }
 
-void	xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
-				struct xfs_log_item **log_items, int nr_items,
-				int shutdown_type)
-				__releases(ailp->xa_lock);
-static inline void
-xfs_trans_ail_delete(
-	struct xfs_ail	*ailp,
-	xfs_log_item_t	*lip,
-	int		shutdown_type) __releases(ailp->xa_lock)
-{
-	xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk(ailp, &lip, 1, shutdown_type);
-}
+bool xfs_ail_delete_one(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip);
+void xfs_trans_ail_delete(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip,
+		int shutdown_type) __releases(ailp->xa_lock);
 
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_ail_remove(