diff --git a/common/populate b/common/populate
index 58b07e33be..9fa1a06798 100644
--- a/common/populate
+++ b/common/populate
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ _populate_xfs_qmount_option()
 	fi
 
 	# Turn on all the quotas
-	if $XFS_INFO_PROG "${TEST_DIR}" | grep -q 'crc=1'; then
+	if _xfs_has_feature "$TEST_DIR" crc; then
 		# v5 filesystems can have group & project quotas
 		quota="usrquota,grpquota,prjquota"
 	else
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ _scratch_xfs_populate() {
 
 	blksz="$(stat -f -c '%s' "${SCRATCH_MNT}")"
 	dblksz="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep naming.*bsize | sed -e 's/^.*bsize=//g' -e 's/\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/g')"
-	crc="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep crc= | sed -e 's/^.*crc=//g' -e 's/\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/g')"
+	crc="$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" crc -v)"
 	if [ $crc -eq 1 ]; then
 		leaf_hdr_size=64
 	else
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ _scratch_xfs_populate() {
 	done
 
 	# Reverse-mapping btree
-	is_rmapbt="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -c 'rmapbt=1')"
+	is_rmapbt="$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" rmapbt -v)"
 	if [ $is_rmapbt -gt 0 ]; then
 		echo "+ rmapbt btree"
 		nr="$((blksz * 2 / 24))"
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ _scratch_xfs_populate() {
 	fi
 
 	# Reference-count btree
-	is_reflink="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -c 'reflink=1')"
+	is_reflink="$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" reflink -v)"
 	if [ $is_reflink -gt 0 ]; then
 		echo "+ reflink btree"
 		nr="$((blksz * 2 / 12))"
@@ -597,9 +597,9 @@ _scratch_xfs_populate_check() {
 	leaf_attr="$(__populate_find_inode "${SCRATCH_MNT}/ATTR.FMT_LEAF")"
 	node_attr="$(__populate_find_inode "${SCRATCH_MNT}/ATTR.FMT_NODE")"
 	btree_attr="$(__populate_find_inode "${SCRATCH_MNT}/ATTR.FMT_BTREE")"
-	is_finobt=$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -c 'finobt=1')
-	is_rmapbt=$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -c 'rmapbt=1')
-	is_reflink=$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -c 'reflink=1')
+	is_finobt=$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" finobt -v)
+	is_rmapbt=$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" rmapbt -v)
+	is_reflink=$(_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" reflink -v)
 
 	blksz="$(stat -f -c '%s' "${SCRATCH_MNT}")"
 	dblksz="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep naming.*bsize | sed -e 's/^.*bsize=//g' -e 's/\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/g')"
diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index f4785c17ca..7944ef550e 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -247,7 +247,14 @@ _supports_filetype()
 	local fstyp=`$DF_PROG $dir | tail -1 | $AWK_PROG '{print $2}'`
 	case "$fstyp" in
 	xfs)
-		$XFS_INFO_PROG $dir | grep -q "ftype=1"
+		# If _xfs_has_feature is not present, grep xfs_info directly.
+		# This can happen if we're testing overlayfs atop XFS and have
+		# not sourced ./common/xfs.
+		if command -v "_xfs_has_feature" &>/dev/null; then
+			_xfs_has_feature $dir ftype
+		else
+			$XFS_INFO_PROG $dir | grep -q "ftype=1"
+		fi
 		;;
 	ext2|ext3|ext4)
 		local dev=`$DF_PROG $dir | tail -1 | $AWK_PROG '{print $1}'`
diff --git a/common/xfs b/common/xfs
index 2cd8254937..c7496bce3f 100644
--- a/common/xfs
+++ b/common/xfs
@@ -422,6 +422,56 @@ _require_xfs_crc()
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
 
+# If the xfs_info output for the given XFS filesystem mount mentions the given
+# feature.  If so, return 0 for success.  If not, return 1 for failure.  If the
+# third option is -v, echo 1 for success and 0 for not.
+#
+# Starting with xfsprogs 4.17, this also works for unmounted filesystems.
+_xfs_has_feature()
+{
+	local fs="$1"
+	local feat="$2"
+	local verbose="$3"
+
+	local answer="$($XFS_INFO_PROG "$fs" 2>&1 | grep -w -c "$feat=1")"
+	if [ "$answer" -ne 0 ]; then
+		test "$verbose" = "-v" && echo 1
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	test "$verbose" = "-v" && echo 0
+	return 1
+}
+
+# Require that the xfs_info output for the given XFS filesystem mount mentions
+# the given feature flag.  If the third argument is -u (or is empty and the
+# second argument is $SCRATCH_MNT), unmount the fs on failure.  If a fourth
+# argument is supplied, it will be used as the _notrun message.
+_require_xfs_has_feature()
+{
+	local fs="$1"
+	local feat="$2"
+	local umount="$3"
+	local message="$4"
+
+	if [ -z "$umount" ] && [ "$fs" = "$SCRATCH_MNT" ]; then
+		umount="-u"
+	fi
+
+	_xfs_has_feature "$1" "$2" && return 0
+
+	test "$umount" = "-u" && umount "$fs" &>/dev/null
+
+	test -n "$message" && _notrun "$message"
+
+	case "$fs" in
+	"$TEST_DIR"|"$TEST_DEV")	fsname="test";;
+	"$SCRATCH_MNT"|"$SCRATCH_DEV")	fsname="scratch";;
+	*)				fsname="$fs";;
+	esac
+	_notrun "$2 not supported by $fsname filesystem type: $FSTYP"
+}
+
 # this test requires the xfs kernel support crc feature on scratch device
 #
 _require_scratch_xfs_crc()
@@ -429,7 +479,8 @@ _require_scratch_xfs_crc()
 	_scratch_mkfs_xfs >/dev/null 2>&1
 	_try_scratch_mount >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 	   || _notrun "Kernel doesn't support crc feature"
-	$XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -q 'crc=1' || _notrun "crc feature not supported by this filesystem"
+	_require_xfs_has_feature $SCRATCH_MNT crc -u \
+		"crc feature not supported by this filesystem"
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
 
@@ -748,10 +799,7 @@ _check_xfs_test_fs()
 _require_xfs_test_rmapbt()
 {
 	_require_test
-
-	if [ "$($XFS_INFO_PROG "$TEST_DIR" | grep -c "rmapbt=1")" -ne 1 ]; then
-		_notrun "rmapbt not supported by test filesystem type: $FSTYP"
-	fi
+	_require_xfs_has_feature "$TEST_DIR" rmapbt
 }
 
 _require_xfs_scratch_rmapbt()
@@ -760,10 +808,7 @@ _require_xfs_scratch_rmapbt()
 
 	_scratch_mkfs > /dev/null
 	_scratch_mount
-	if [ "$($XFS_INFO_PROG "$SCRATCH_MNT" | grep -c "rmapbt=1")" -ne 1 ]; then
-		_scratch_unmount
-		_notrun "rmapbt not supported by scratch filesystem type: $FSTYP"
-	fi
+	_require_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" rmapbt
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
 
@@ -1366,8 +1411,8 @@ _require_scratch_xfs_bigtime()
 		_notrun "mkfs.xfs doesn't support bigtime feature"
 	_try_scratch_mount || \
 		_notrun "kernel doesn't support xfs bigtime feature"
-	$XFS_INFO_PROG "$SCRATCH_MNT" | grep -q -w "bigtime=1" || \
-		_notrun "bigtime feature not advertised on mount?"
+	_require_xfs_has_feature $SCRATCH_MNT bigtime -u \
+		"crc feature not supported by this filesystem"
 	_scratch_unmount
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/xfs/097 b/tests/xfs/097
index 4cad7216cd..1df34eeddc 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/097
+++ b/tests/xfs/097
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs_xfs -m crc=1,finobt=1 > /dev/null
 
 echo "+ mount fs image"
 _scratch_mount
-$XFS_INFO_PROG "${SCRATCH_MNT}" | grep -q "finobt=1" || _notrun "finobt not enabled"
+_require_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" finobt
 blksz="$(stat -f -c '%s' "${SCRATCH_MNT}")"
 
 echo "+ make some files"
diff --git a/tests/xfs/151 b/tests/xfs/151
index 66425f6710..b2fe16aefb 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/151
+++ b/tests/xfs/151
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ echo "Format filesystem and populate"
 _scratch_mkfs > $seqres.full
 _scratch_mount >> $seqres.full
 
-$XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -q ftype=1 || \
-	_notrun "filesystem does not support ftype"
+_require_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" ftype
 
 filter_ls() {
 	awk '
diff --git a/tests/xfs/271 b/tests/xfs/271
index 14d64cd0e5..d67ac4d6c1 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/271
+++ b/tests/xfs/271
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ agcount=$(_xfs_mount_agcount $SCRATCH_MNT)
 # same owner (per-AG metadata) for rmap btree blocks and blocks on the AGFL and
 # the reverse mapping index merges records, the number of per-AG extents
 # reported will vary depending on whether the refcount btree is enabled.
-$XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -q reflink=1
+_require_xfs_has_feature "$SCRATCH_MNT" reflink
 has_reflink=$(( 1 - $? ))
 perag_metadata_exts=2
 test $has_reflink -gt 0 && perag_metadata_exts=$((perag_metadata_exts + 1))
diff --git a/tests/xfs/307 b/tests/xfs/307
index ba7204dd00..f3c970fadf 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/307
+++ b/tests/xfs/307
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _require_scratch_reflink
 echo "Format"
 _scratch_mkfs > $seqres.full 2>&1
 _scratch_mount >> $seqres.full
-is_rmap=$($XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -c "rmapbt=1")
+is_rmap=$(_xfs_has_feature $SCRATCH_MNT rmapbt -v)
 _scratch_unmount
 
 _get_agf_data() {
diff --git a/tests/xfs/308 b/tests/xfs/308
index d0f47f5038..6da6622e14 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/308
+++ b/tests/xfs/308
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _require_scratch_reflink
 echo "Format"
 _scratch_mkfs > $seqres.full 2>&1
 _scratch_mount >> $seqres.full
-is_rmap=$($XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -c "rmapbt=1")
+is_rmap=$(_xfs_has_feature $SCRATCH_MNT rmapbt -v)
 _scratch_xfs_unmount_dirty
 
 _get_agf_data() {
diff --git a/tests/xfs/348 b/tests/xfs/348
index faf2dca50b..d1645d9462 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/348
+++ b/tests/xfs/348
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mknod $testdir/CHRDEV c 1 1
 mknod $testdir/BLKDEV b 1 1
 mknod $testdir/FIFO p
 
-$XFS_INFO_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT | grep -q "ftype=1" && FTYPE_FEATURE=1
+_xfs_has_feature $SCRATCH_MNT ftype && FTYPE_FEATURE=1
 
 # Record test dir inode for xfs_repair filter
 inode_filter=$tmp.sed
