diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 5c9a7440d9e4..045118c7bf78 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -559,8 +559,17 @@ xfs_dinode_calc_crc(
 /*
  * Validate di_extsize hint.
  *
- * The rules are documented at xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize().
- * These functions must be kept in sync with each other.
+ * 1. Extent size hint is only valid for directories and regular files.
+ * 2. FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE is only valid for regular files.
+ * 3. FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT is only valid for directories.
+ * 4. Hint cannot be larger than MAXTEXTLEN.
+ * 5. Can be changed on directories at any time.
+ * 6. Hint value of 0 turns off hints, clears inode flags.
+ * 7. Extent size must be a multiple of the appropriate block size.
+ *    For realtime files, this is the rt extent size.
+ * 8. For non-realtime files, the extent size hint must be limited
+ *    to half the AG size to avoid alignment extending the extent beyond the
+ *    limits of the AG.
  */
 xfs_failaddr_t
 xfs_inode_validate_extsize(
@@ -616,8 +625,15 @@ xfs_inode_validate_extsize(
 /*
  * Validate di_cowextsize hint.
  *
- * The rules are documented at xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_cowextsize().
- * These functions must be kept in sync with each other.
+ * 1. CoW extent size hint can only be set if reflink is enabled on the fs.
+ *    The inode does not have to have any shared blocks, but it must be a v3.
+ * 2. FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE is only valid for directories and regular files;
+ *    for a directory, the hint is propagated to new files.
+ * 3. Can be changed on files & directories at any time.
+ * 4. Hint value of 0 turns off hints, clears inode flags.
+ * 5. Extent size must be a multiple of the appropriate block size.
+ * 6. The extent size hint must be limited to half the AG size to avoid
+ *    alignment extending the extent beyond the limits of the AG.
  */
 xfs_failaddr_t
 xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 3925bfcb2365..6407921aca96 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1267,20 +1267,8 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_get_trans(
 }
 
 /*
- * extent size hint validation is somewhat cumbersome. Rules are:
- *
- * 1. extent size hint is only valid for directories and regular files
- * 2. FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE is only valid for regular files
- * 3. FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT is only valid for directories.
- * 4. can only be changed on regular files if no extents are allocated
- * 5. can be changed on directories at any time
- * 6. extsize hint of 0 turns off hints, clears inode flags.
- * 7. Extent size must be a multiple of the appropriate block size.
- * 8. for non-realtime files, the extent size hint must be limited
- *    to half the AG size to avoid alignment extending the extent beyond the
- *    limits of the AG.
- *
- * Please keep this function in sync with xfs_scrub_inode_extsize.
+ * Validate a proposed extent size hint.  For regular files, the hint can only
+ * be changed if no extents are allocated.
  */
 static int
 xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize(
@@ -1288,86 +1276,50 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize(
 	struct fileattr		*fa)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	xfs_extlen_t		size;
-	xfs_fsblock_t		extsize_fsb;
+	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
+	uint16_t		new_diflags;
 
 	if (!fa->fsx_valid)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (S_ISREG(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode) && ip->i_df.if_nextents &&
-	    ((ip->i_extsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog) != fa->fsx_extsize))
+	    XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, ip->i_extsize) != fa->fsx_extsize)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (fa->fsx_extsize == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	extsize_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_extsize);
-	if (extsize_fsb > MAXEXTLEN)
+	if (fa->fsx_extsize & mp->m_blockmask)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ||
-	    (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_REALTIME)) {
-		size = mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
-	} else {
-		size = mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize;
-		if (extsize_fsb > mp->m_sb.sb_agblocks / 2)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (fa->fsx_extsize % size)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	new_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
 
-	return 0;
+	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_extsize(ip->i_mount,
+			XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_extsize),
+			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, new_diflags);
+	return failaddr != NULL ? -EINVAL : 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * CoW extent size hint validation rules are:
- *
- * 1. CoW extent size hint can only be set if reflink is enabled on the fs.
- *    The inode does not have to have any shared blocks, but it must be a v3.
- * 2. FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE is only valid for directories and regular files;
- *    for a directory, the hint is propagated to new files.
- * 3. Can be changed on files & directories at any time.
- * 4. CoW extsize hint of 0 turns off hints, clears inode flags.
- * 5. Extent size must be a multiple of the appropriate block size.
- * 6. The extent size hint must be limited to half the AG size to avoid
- *    alignment extending the extent beyond the limits of the AG.
- *
- * Please keep this function in sync with xfs_scrub_inode_cowextsize.
- */
 static int
 xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_cowextsize(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	struct fileattr		*fa)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	xfs_extlen_t		size;
-	xfs_fsblock_t		cowextsize_fsb;
+	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
+	uint64_t		new_diflags2;
+	uint16_t		new_diflags;
 
 	if (!fa->fsx_valid)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!(fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!xfs_sb_version_hasreflink(&ip->i_mount->m_sb))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (fa->fsx_cowextsize == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	cowextsize_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_cowextsize);
-	if (cowextsize_fsb > MAXEXTLEN)
+	if (fa->fsx_cowextsize & mp->m_blockmask)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	size = mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize;
-	if (cowextsize_fsb > mp->m_sb.sb_agblocks / 2)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (fa->fsx_cowextsize % size)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	new_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
+	new_diflags2 = xfs_flags2diflags2(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
 
-	return 0;
+	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(ip->i_mount,
+			XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_cowextsize),
+			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, new_diflags, new_diflags2);
+	return failaddr != NULL ? -EINVAL : 0;
 }
 
 static int
