diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 1223921fb01c..396cc54ca03f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -207,46 +207,94 @@ xfs_reclaim_work_queue(
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void
-xfs_perag_set_reclaim_tag(
+/*
+ * Background scanning to trim preallocated space. This is queued based on the
+ * 'speculative_prealloc_lifetime' tunable (5m by default).
+ */
+static inline void
+xfs_blockgc_queue(
 	struct xfs_perag	*pag)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG))
+		queue_delayed_work(pag->pag_mount->m_gc_workqueue,
+				   &pag->pag_blockgc_work,
+				   msecs_to_jiffies(xfs_blockgc_secs * 1000));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+/* Set a tag on both the AG incore inode tree and the AG radix tree. */
+static void
+xfs_perag_set_inode_tag(
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
+	xfs_agino_t		agino,
+	unsigned int		tag)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = pag->pag_mount;
+	bool			was_tagged;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	if (pag->pag_ici_reclaimable++)
+
+	was_tagged = radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, tag);
+	radix_tree_tag_set(&pag->pag_ici_root, agino, tag);
+
+	if (tag == XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG)
+		pag->pag_ici_reclaimable++;
+
+	if (was_tagged)
 		return;
 
-	/* propagate the reclaim tag up into the perag radix tree */
+	/* propagate the tag up into the perag radix tree */
 	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	radix_tree_tag_set(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno,
-			   XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
+	radix_tree_tag_set(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno, tag);
 	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
 
-	/* schedule periodic background inode reclaim */
-	xfs_reclaim_work_queue(mp);
+	/* start background work */
+	switch (tag) {
+	case XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG:
+		xfs_reclaim_work_queue(mp);
+		break;
+	case XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG:
+		xfs_blockgc_queue(pag);
+		break;
+	}
 
-	trace_xfs_perag_set_reclaim(mp, pag->pag_agno, -1, _RET_IP_);
+	trace_xfs_perag_set_inode_tag(mp, pag->pag_agno, tag, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
+/* Clear a tag on both the AG incore inode tree and the AG radix tree. */
 static void
-xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag)
+xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag(
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
+	xfs_agino_t		agino,
+	unsigned int		tag)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = pag->pag_mount;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	if (--pag->pag_ici_reclaimable)
+
+	/*
+	 * Reclaim can signal (with a null agino) that it cleared its own tag
+	 * by removing the inode from the radix tree.
+	 */
+	if (agino != NULLAGINO)
+		radix_tree_tag_clear(&pag->pag_ici_root, agino, tag);
+	else
+		ASSERT(tag == XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
+
+	if (tag == XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG)
+		pag->pag_ici_reclaimable--;
+
+	if (radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, tag))
 		return;
 
-	/* clear the reclaim tag from the perag radix tree */
+	/* clear the tag from the perag radix tree */
 	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	radix_tree_tag_clear(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno,
-			     XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
+	radix_tree_tag_clear(&mp->m_perag_tree, pag->pag_agno, tag);
 	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	trace_xfs_perag_clear_reclaim(mp, pag->pag_agno, -1, _RET_IP_);
-}
 
+	trace_xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag(mp, pag->pag_agno, tag, _RET_IP_);
+}
 
 /*
  * We set the inode flag atomically with the radix tree tag.
@@ -254,7 +302,7 @@ xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(
  * can go away.
  */
 void
-xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
+xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
@@ -264,9 +312,8 @@ xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 
-	radix_tree_tag_set(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino),
-			   XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	xfs_perag_set_reclaim_tag(pag);
+	xfs_perag_set_inode_tag(pag, XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino),
+			XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
@@ -274,17 +321,6 @@ xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
-STATIC void
-xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
-	xfs_ino_t		ino)
-{
-	radix_tree_tag_clear(&pag->pag_ici_root,
-			     XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(pag->pag_mount, ino),
-			     XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
-	xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(pag);
-}
-
 static inline void
 xfs_inew_wait(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
@@ -483,7 +519,9 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
 		 */
 		ip->i_flags &= ~XFS_IRECLAIM_RESET_FLAGS;
 		ip->i_flags |= XFS_INEW;
-		xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(pag, ip->i_ino);
+		xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag(pag,
+				XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(pag->pag_mount, ino),
+				XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
 		inode->i_state = I_NEW;
 		ip->i_sick = 0;
 		ip->i_checked = 0;
@@ -957,7 +995,7 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	if (!radix_tree_delete(&pag->pag_ici_root,
 				XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(ip->i_mount, ino)))
 		ASSERT(0);
-	xfs_perag_clear_reclaim_tag(pag);
+	xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag(pag, NULLAGINO, XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
 	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -1173,22 +1211,6 @@ xfs_inode_free_eofblocks(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Background scanning to trim preallocated space. This is queued based on the
- * 'speculative_prealloc_lifetime' tunable (5m by default).
- */
-static inline void
-xfs_blockgc_queue(
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag)
-{
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG))
-		queue_delayed_work(pag->pag_mount->m_gc_workqueue,
-				   &pag->pag_blockgc_work,
-				   msecs_to_jiffies(xfs_blockgc_secs * 1000));
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
 static void
 xfs_blockgc_set_iflag(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
@@ -1196,7 +1218,6 @@ xfs_blockgc_set_iflag(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
-	int			tagged;
 
 	ASSERT((iflag & ~(XFS_IEOFBLOCKS | XFS_ICOWBLOCKS)) == 0);
 
@@ -1213,24 +1234,8 @@ xfs_blockgc_set_iflag(
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
-	tagged = radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
-	radix_tree_tag_set(&pag->pag_ici_root,
-			   XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino),
-			   XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
-	if (!tagged) {
-		/* propagate the blockgc tag up into the perag radix tree */
-		spin_lock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
-		radix_tree_tag_set(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_tree,
-				   XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino),
-				   XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
-		spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
-
-		/* kick off background trimming */
-		xfs_blockgc_queue(pag);
-
-		trace_xfs_perag_set_blockgc(ip->i_mount, pag->pag_agno, -1,
-				_RET_IP_);
-	}
+	xfs_perag_set_inode_tag(pag, XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino),
+			XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
 
 	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
@@ -1266,19 +1271,8 @@ xfs_blockgc_clear_iflag(
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
-	radix_tree_tag_clear(&pag->pag_ici_root,
-			     XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino),
-			     XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
-	if (!radix_tree_tagged(&pag->pag_ici_root, XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG)) {
-		/* clear the blockgc tag from the perag radix tree */
-		spin_lock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
-		radix_tree_tag_clear(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_tree,
-				     XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino),
-				     XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
-		spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
-		trace_xfs_perag_clear_blockgc(ip->i_mount, pag->pag_agno, -1,
-				_RET_IP_);
-	}
+	xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag(pag, XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino),
+			XFS_ICI_BLOCKGC_TAG);
 
 	spin_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index 2d86fdbd08a2..49a45176e673 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void xfs_reclaim_inodes(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 int xfs_reclaim_inodes_count(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 long xfs_reclaim_inodes_nr(struct xfs_mount *mp, int nr_to_scan);
 
-void xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+void xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 int xfs_blockgc_free_dquots(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_dquot *udqp,
 		struct xfs_dquot *gdqp, struct xfs_dquot *pdqp,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index a2dab05332ac..db61e9cdc013 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ xfs_fs_destroy_inode(
 	 * reclaim path handles this more efficiently than we can here, so
 	 * simply let background reclaim tear down all inodes.
 	 */
-	xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(ip);
+	xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable(ip);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 1377b1e24e1d..0171d93239a2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_perag_class, name,	\
 DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_get);
 DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_get_tag);
 DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_put);
-DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_set_reclaim);
-DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_clear_reclaim);
-DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_set_blockgc);
-DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_clear_blockgc);
+DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_set_inode_tag);
+DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_clear_inode_tag);
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_ag_class,
 	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno),
