diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
index df1ab0569481..55e5b1d65449 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@
 
 #define ATTR_RMTVALUE_MAPSIZE	1	/* # of map entries at once */
 
+/*
+ * Remote Attribute Values
+ * =======================
+ *
+ * Remote extended attribute values are conceptually simple -- they're written
+ * to data blocks mapped by an inode's attribute fork, and they have an upper
+ * size limit of 64k.  Setting a value does not involve the XFS log.
+ *
+ * However, on a v5 filesystem, maximally sized remote attr values require one
+ * block more than 64k worth of space to hold both the remote attribute value
+ * header (64 bytes).  On a 4k block filesystem this results in a 68k buffer;
+ * on a 64k block filesystem, this would be a 128k buffer.  Note that the log
+ * format can only handle a dirty buffer of XFS_MAX_BLOCKSIZE length (64k).
+ * Therefore, we /must/ ensure that remote attribute value buffers never touch
+ * the logging system and therefore never have a log item.
+ */
+
 /*
  * Each contiguous block has a header, so it is not just a simple attribute
  * length to FSB conversion.
@@ -401,7 +418,7 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(
 			       (map[i].br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
 			dblkno = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map[i].br_startblock);
 			dblkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map[i].br_blockcount);
-			error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, args->trans,
+			error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, NULL,
 						   mp->m_ddev_targp,
 						   dblkno, dblkcnt, 0, &bp,
 						   &xfs_attr3_rmt_buf_ops);
@@ -411,7 +428,7 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(
 			error = xfs_attr_rmtval_copyout(mp, bp, args->dp->i_ino,
 							&offset, &valuelen,
 							&dst);
-			xfs_trans_brelse(args->trans, bp);
+			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 			if (error)
 				return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_inactive.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_inactive.c
index 5ff49523d8ea..853a5a8defc9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_inactive.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_inactive.c
@@ -25,22 +25,19 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 
 /*
- * Look at all the extents for this logical region,
- * invalidate any buffers that are incore/in transactions.
+ * Invalidate any incore buffers associated with this remote attribute value
+ * extent.   We never log remote attribute value buffers, which means that they
+ * won't be attached to a transaction and are therefore safe to mark stale.
+ * The actual bunmapi will be taken care of later.
  */
 STATIC int
-xfs_attr3_leaf_freextent(
-	struct xfs_trans	**trans,
+xfs_attr3_rmt_inactive(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
-	xfs_dablk_t		blkno,
-	int			blkcnt)
+	struct xfs_attr_inactive_list *lp)
 {
 	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map;
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
 	xfs_dablk_t		tblkno;
-	xfs_daddr_t		dblkno;
 	int			tblkcnt;
-	int			dblkcnt;
 	int			nmap;
 	int			error;
 
@@ -48,8 +45,8 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_freextent(
 	 * Roll through the "value", invalidating the attribute value's
 	 * blocks.
 	 */
-	tblkno = blkno;
-	tblkcnt = blkcnt;
+	tblkno = lp->valueblk;
+	tblkcnt = lp->valuelen;
 	while (tblkcnt > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Try to remember where we decided to put the value.
@@ -57,35 +54,19 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_freextent(
 		nmap = 1;
 		error = xfs_bmapi_read(dp, (xfs_fileoff_t)tblkno, tblkcnt,
 				       &map, &nmap, XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK);
-		if (error) {
+		if (error)
 			return error;
-		}
-		ASSERT(nmap == 1);
-		ASSERT(map.br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK);
+		if (XFS_IS_CORRUPT(dp->i_mount, nmap != 1))
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
 		/*
-		 * If it's a hole, these are already unmapped
-		 * so there's nothing to invalidate.
+		 * Mark any incore buffers for the remote value as stale.  We
+		 * never log remote attr value buffers, so the buffer should be
+		 * easy to kill.
 		 */
-		if (map.br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK) {
-
-			dblkno = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(dp->i_mount,
-						  map.br_startblock);
-			dblkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(dp->i_mount,
-						map.br_blockcount);
-			bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(*trans,
-					dp->i_mount->m_ddev_targp,
-					dblkno, dblkcnt, 0);
-			if (!bp)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			xfs_trans_binval(*trans, bp);
-			/*
-			 * Roll to next transaction.
-			 */
-			error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(trans, dp);
-			if (error)
-				return error;
-		}
+		error = xfs_attr_rmtval_stale(dp, &map, 0);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 
 		tblkno += map.br_blockcount;
 		tblkcnt -= map.br_blockcount;
@@ -174,9 +155,7 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_inactive(
 	 */
 	error = 0;
 	for (lp = list, i = 0; i < count; i++, lp++) {
-		tmp = xfs_attr3_leaf_freextent(trans, dp,
-				lp->valueblk, lp->valuelen);
-
+		tmp = xfs_attr3_rmt_inactive(dp, lp);
 		if (error == 0)
 			error = tmp;	/* save only the 1st errno */
 	}
