diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index fb283d2cf42b..4e66d390e2a4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -424,25 +424,21 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	xfs_agi_t		*agi;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		agno;
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp;
-	int			dpct;
 	int			error, saved_error = 0;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		nagcount;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		nagimax = 0;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		nb, nb_mod;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		new;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		oagcount;
-	int			pct;
 	xfs_trans_t		*tp;
 	LIST_HEAD		(buffer_list);
 	struct aghdr_init_data	id = {};
 
 	nb = in->newblocks;
-	pct = in->imaxpct;
-	if (nb < mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks || pct < 0 || pct > 100)
+	if (nb < mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if ((error = xfs_sb_validate_fsb_count(&mp->m_sb, nb)))
 		return error;
-	dpct = pct - mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct;
 	error = xfs_buf_read_uncached(mp->m_ddev_targp,
 				XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, nb) - XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1),
 				XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &bp, NULL);
@@ -575,8 +571,6 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 				 nb - mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks);
 	if (id.nfree)
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_FDBLOCKS, id.nfree);
-	if (dpct)
-		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IMAXPCT, dpct);
 	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 	if (error)
@@ -585,12 +579,6 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	/* New allocation groups fully initialized, so update mount struct */
 	if (nagimax)
 		mp->m_maxagi = nagimax;
-	if (mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct) {
-		uint64_t icount = mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks * mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct;
-		do_div(icount, 100);
-		mp->m_maxicount = icount << mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
-	} else
-		mp->m_maxicount = 0;
 	xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(mp);
 	mp->m_alloc_set_aside = xfs_alloc_set_aside(mp);
 
@@ -694,25 +682,68 @@ xfs_growfs_log_private(
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+static int
+xfs_growfs_imaxpct(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	__u32			imaxpct)
+{
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
+	int64_t			dpct;
+	int			error;
+
+	if (imaxpct > 100)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_growdata,
+			XFS_GROWFS_SPACE_RES(mp), 0, XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	dpct = (int64_t)imaxpct - mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct;
+	xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IMAXPCT, dpct);
+	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+	return xfs_trans_commit(tp);
+}
+
 /*
  * protected versions of growfs function acquire and release locks on the mount
  * point - exported through ioctls: XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA, XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSLOG,
  * XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSRT
  */
-
-
 int
 xfs_growfs_data(
-	xfs_mount_t		*mp,
-	xfs_growfs_data_t	*in)
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_growfs_data	*in)
 {
-	int error;
+	int			error = 0;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&mp->m_growlock))
 		return -EWOULDBLOCK;
-	error = xfs_growfs_data_private(mp, in);
+
+	/* update imaxpct separately to the physical grow of the filesystem */
+	if (in->imaxpct != mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct) {
+		error = xfs_growfs_imaxpct(mp, in->imaxpct);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+	}
+
+	if (in->newblocks != mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks) {
+		error = xfs_growfs_data_private(mp, in);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+	}
+
+	/* Post growfs calculations needed to reflect new state in operations */
+	if (mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct) {
+		uint64_t icount = mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks * mp->m_sb.sb_imax_pct;
+		do_div(icount, 100);
+		mp->m_maxicount = icount << mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
+	} else
+		mp->m_maxicount = 0;
+
+out_error:
 	/*
 	 * Increment the generation unconditionally, the error could be from
 	 * updating the secondary superblocks, in which case the new size