diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 10aeae7353ab..e19dc1ced7e6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ xfs_defer_ops_capture(
 	dfc->dfc_blkres = tp->t_blk_res - tp->t_blk_res_used;
 	dfc->dfc_rtxres = tp->t_rtx_res - tp->t_rtx_res_used;
 
+	/* Preserve the log reservation size. */
+	dfc->dfc_logres = tp->t_log_res;
+
 	return dfc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
index 5c0e59b69ffa..6cde6f0713f7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ struct xfs_defer_capture {
 	/* Block reservations for the data and rt devices. */
 	unsigned int		dfc_blkres;
 	unsigned int		dfc_rtxres;
+
+	/* Log reservation saved from the transaction. */
+	unsigned int		dfc_logres;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 1be5208e2a2f..001e1585ddc6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2442,9 +2442,20 @@ xlog_finish_defer_ops(
 	int			error = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dfc, next, capture_list, dfc_list) {
-		error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_itruncate,
-				dfc->dfc_blkres, dfc->dfc_rtxres,
-				XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
+		struct xfs_trans_res	resv;
+
+		/*
+		 * Create a new transaction reservation from the captured
+		 * information.  Set logcount to 1 to force the new transaction
+		 * to regrant every roll so that we can make forward progress
+		 * in recovery no matter how full the log might be.
+		 */
+		resv.tr_logres = dfc->dfc_logres;
+		resv.tr_logcount = 1;
+		resv.tr_logflags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
+
+		error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &resv, dfc->dfc_blkres,
+				dfc->dfc_rtxres, XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
 		if (error)
 			return error;