diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
index c082d34..b1172fd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ struct xfs_attr_item {
 	struct list_head  xattri_list;
 
 	/*
+	 * xfs_da_args needs to remain instantiated across transaction rolls
+	 * during the defer finish, so store it here
+	 */
+	struct xfs_da_args	xattri_args;
+
+	/*
 	 * A byte array follows the header containing the file name and
 	 * attribute value.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
index 84dd865..b4607ad 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
@@ -42,6 +42,28 @@ enum xfs_dacmp {
 	XFS_CMP_CASE		/* names are same but differ in case */
 };
 
+#define		XFS_DC_INIT		0x01 /* Init delay info */
+#define		XFS_DC_FOUND_LBLK	0x02 /* We found leaf blk for attr */
+#define		XFS_DC_FOUND_NBLK	0x04 /* We found node blk for attr */
+#define		XFS_DC_ALLOC_LEAF	0x08 /* We are allocating leaf blocks */
+#define		XFS_DC_ALLOC_NODE	0x10 /* We are allocating node blocks */
+#define		XFS_DC_RM_LEAF_BLKS	0x20 /* We are removing leaf blocks */
+#define		XFS_DC_RM_NODE_BLKS	0x40 /* We are removing node blocks */
+
+/*
+ * Context used for keeping track of delayed attribute operations
+ */
+struct xfs_delay_context {
+	unsigned int		flags;
+	struct xfs_buf		*leaf_bp;
+	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map;
+	xfs_dablk_t		lblkno;
+	xfs_fileoff_t		lfileoff;
+	int			blkcnt;
+	struct xfs_da_state	*state;
+	struct xfs_da_state_blk *blk;
+};
+
 /*
  * Structure to ease passing around component names.
  */
@@ -71,6 +93,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_da_args {
 	int		rmtvaluelen2;	/* remote attr value length in bytes */
 	int		op_flags;	/* operation flags */
 	enum xfs_dacmp	cmpresult;	/* name compare result for lookups */
+	struct xfs_delay_context  dc;	/* context used for delay attr ops */
 } xfs_da_args_t;
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index 1887605..9a649d1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "xfs_rmap_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_log.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
+#include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_reflink.h"
 #include "scrub/scrub.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index 3da2568..74a62d2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "xfs_trans_resv.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
+#include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
index 2340589..88efaf9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 #include "xfs_rmap.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_icache.h"
-#include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_da_format.h"
 #include "xfs_da_btree.h"
+#include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_shared.h"
 #include "xfs_attr_item.h"
 #include "xfs_alloc.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
index 58fc820..a62a4be 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "xfs_trans_resv.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
 #include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_trans.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index b6a7220..a754116 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "xfs_iwalk.h"
 #include "xfs_itable.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
+#include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap_util.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index 7fcf756..e48ccee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "xfs_itable.h"
 #include "xfs_fsops.h"
 #include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
+#include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_ioctl.h"
 #include "xfs_ioctl32.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index bdf925c..2cc6b84 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_acl.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
+#include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_trans.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index 3c63930..df4b1c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "xfs_log_format.h"
 #include "xfs_da_format.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
+#include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
