diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index b5a5c84..726b75e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -357,11 +357,51 @@ xfs_has_attr(
  */
 int
 xfs_attr_remove_args(
+	struct xfs_da_args	*args)
+{
+	int			error = 0;
+	int			err2 = 0;
+
+	do {
+		error = xfs_attr_remove_iter(args);
+		if (error && error != -EAGAIN)
+			goto out;
+
+		err2 = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, args->dp);
+		if (err2) {
+			error = err2;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+	} while (error == -EAGAIN);
+out:
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove the attribute specified in @args.
+ * This routine is meant to function as a delayed operation, and may return
+ * -EGAIN when the transaction needs to be rolled.  Calling functions will need
+ * to handle this, and recall the function until a successful error code is
+ * returned.
+ */
+int
+xfs_attr_remove_iter(
 	struct xfs_da_args      *args)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
 	int			error;
 
+	/* State machine switch */
+	switch (args->dac.dela_state) {
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_INVALIDATE:
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_SHRINK:
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_NODE_BLKS:
+		goto node;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
 	if (!xfs_inode_hasattr(dp)) {
 		error = -ENOATTR;
 	} else if (dp->i_d.di_aformat == XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL) {
@@ -370,6 +410,7 @@ xfs_attr_remove_args(
 	} else if (xfs_bmap_one_block(dp, XFS_ATTR_FORK)) {
 		error = xfs_attr_leaf_removename(args);
 	} else {
+node:
 		error = xfs_attr_node_removename(args);
 	}
 
@@ -873,9 +914,6 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_removename(
 		/* bp is gone due to xfs_da_shrink_inode */
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-		error = xfs_defer_finish(&args->trans);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1196,6 +1234,11 @@ xfs_attr_node_addname(
  * This will involve walking down the Btree, and may involve joining
  * leaf nodes and even joining intermediate nodes up to and including
  * the root node (a special case of an intermediate node).
+ *
+ * This routine is meant to function as either an inline or delayed operation,
+ * and may return -EAGAIN when the transaction needs to be rolled.  Calling
+ * functions will need to handle this, and recall the function until a
+ * successful error code is returned.
  */
 STATIC int
 xfs_attr_node_removename(
@@ -1206,12 +1249,29 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
 	int			retval, error, forkoff;
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
+	int			done = 0;
 
 	trace_xfs_attr_node_removename(args);
+	state = args->dac.da_state;
+	blk = args->dac.blk;
+
+	/* State machine switch */
+	switch (args->dac.dela_state) {
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_NODE_BLKS:
+		goto rm_node_blks;
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_INVALIDATE:
+		goto rm_invalidate;
+	case XFS_DAS_RM_SHRINK:
+		goto rm_shrink;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 
 	error = xfs_attr_node_hasname(args, &state);
 	if (error != -EEXIST)
 		goto out;
+	else
+		error = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there is an out-of-line value, de-allocate the blocks.
@@ -1221,6 +1281,14 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 	blk = &state->path.blk[ state->path.active-1 ];
 	ASSERT(blk->bp != NULL);
 	ASSERT(blk->magic == XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAGIC);
+
+	/*
+	 * Store blk and state in the context incase we need to cycle out the
+	 * transaction
+	 */
+	args->dac.blk = blk;
+	args->dac.da_state = state;
+
 	if (args->rmtblkno > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Fill in disk block numbers in the state structure
@@ -1239,13 +1307,40 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 
-		error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, args->dp);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
+		args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_INVALIDATE;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
+rm_invalidate:
+	args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_INVALIDATE;
 
-		error = xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(args);
+	if (args->rmtblkno > 0) {
+		error = xfs_attr_rmtval_invalidate(args);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
+	}
+
+rm_node_blks:
+
+	args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_NODE_BLKS;
+	if (args->rmtblkno > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Unmap value blocks for this attr.  This is similar to
+		 * xfs_attr_rmtval_remove, but open coded here to return EAGAIN
+		 * for new transactions
+		 */
+		while (!done && !error) {
+			error = xfs_bunmapi(args->trans, args->dp,
+				    args->rmtblkno, args->rmtblkcnt,
+				    XFS_BMAPI_ATTRFORK, 1, &done);
+			if (error)
+				return error;
+
+			if (!done) {
+				args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_NODE_BLKS;
+				return -EAGAIN;
+			}
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Refill the state structure with buffers, the prior calls
@@ -1271,17 +1366,14 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 		error = xfs_da3_join(state);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
-		error = xfs_defer_finish(&args->trans);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		/*
-		 * Commit the Btree join operation and start a new trans.
-		 */
-		error = xfs_trans_roll_inode(&args->trans, dp);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
+
+		args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_SHRINK;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
+rm_shrink:
+	args->dac.dela_state = XFS_DAS_RM_SHRINK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the result is small enough, push it all into the inode.
 	 */
@@ -1302,9 +1394,6 @@ xfs_attr_node_removename(
 			/* bp is gone due to xfs_da_shrink_inode */
 			if (error)
 				goto out;
-			error = xfs_defer_finish(&args->trans);
-			if (error)
-				goto out;
 		} else
 			xfs_trans_brelse(args->trans, bp);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
index 3b5dad4..f6ac571 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ int xfs_attr_set_args(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name, int flags);
 int xfs_has_attr(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_remove_args(struct xfs_da_args *args);
+int xfs_attr_remove_iter(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_list(struct xfs_inode *dp, char *buffer, int bufsize,
 		  int flags, struct attrlist_cursor_kern *cursor);
 bool xfs_attr_namecheck(const void *name, size_t length);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
index 580fb72..137ec29 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.h
@@ -49,10 +49,26 @@ enum xfs_dacmp {
 	XFS_CMP_CASE		/* names are same but differ in case */
 };
 
+enum xfs_delattr_state {
+	XFS_DAS_RM_INVALIDATE	= 1, /* We are invalidating blocks */
+	XFS_DAS_RM_SHRINK	= 2, /* We are shrinking the tree */
+	XFS_DAS_RM_NODE_BLKS	= 3,/* We are removing node blocks */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Context used for keeping track of delayed attribute operations
+ */
+struct xfs_delattr_context {
+	struct xfs_da_state	*da_state;
+	struct xfs_da_state_blk *blk;
+	enum xfs_delattr_state	dela_state;
+};
+
 /*
  * Structure to ease passing around component names.
  */
 typedef struct xfs_da_args {
+	struct xfs_delattr_context dac;/* context used for delay attr ops */
 	struct xfs_da_geometry *geo;	/* da block geometry */
 	struct xfs_name	name;		/* name, length and argument  flags*/
 	uint8_t		filetype;	/* filetype of inode for directories */
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 7b0e5b7..573e47e 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 "xfs_error.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
index d37743b..881b9a4 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 4fc8698..a31753f 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 c4c4f09..4b693e3 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 e85bbf5..a2d299f 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 5623682..8bdb972 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 "xfs_acl.h"
 
