diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 9aee4a1e2fe9..1a4cdf550f6d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ xfs_init_local_fork(
 	int64_t			size)
 {
 	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
-	int			mem_size = size, real_size = 0;
+	int			mem_size = size;
 	bool			zero_terminate;
 
 	/*
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ xfs_init_local_fork(
 		mem_size++;
 
 	if (size) {
-		real_size = roundup(mem_size, 4);
-		ifp->if_u1.if_data = kmem_alloc(real_size, KM_NOFS);
+		ifp->if_u1.if_data = kmem_alloc(mem_size, KM_NOFS);
 		memcpy(ifp->if_u1.if_data, data, size);
 		if (zero_terminate)
 			ifp->if_u1.if_data[size] = '\0';
@@ -497,12 +496,7 @@ xfs_idata_realloc(
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * For inline data, the underlying buffer must be a multiple of 4 bytes
-	 * in size so that it can be logged and stay on word boundaries.
-	 * We enforce that here.
-	 */
-	ifp->if_u1.if_data = krealloc(ifp->if_u1.if_data, roundup(new_size, 4),
+	ifp->if_u1.if_data = krealloc(ifp->if_u1.if_data, new_size,
 				      GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ifp->if_bytes = new_size;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 00733a18ccdc..721def0639fd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_data_fork_size(
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
 		if ((iip->ili_fields & XFS_ILOG_DDATA) &&
 		    ip->i_df.if_bytes > 0) {
-			*nbytes += roundup(ip->i_df.if_bytes, 4);
+			*nbytes += xlog_calc_iovec_len(ip->i_df.if_bytes);
 			*nvecs += 1;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_attr_fork_size(
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
 		if ((iip->ili_fields & XFS_ILOG_ADATA) &&
 		    ip->i_afp->if_bytes > 0) {
-			*nbytes += roundup(ip->i_afp->if_bytes, 4);
+			*nbytes += xlog_calc_iovec_len(ip->i_afp->if_bytes);
 			*nvecs += 1;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -204,17 +204,12 @@ xfs_inode_item_format_data_fork(
 			~(XFS_ILOG_DEXT | XFS_ILOG_DBROOT | XFS_ILOG_DEV);
 		if ((iip->ili_fields & XFS_ILOG_DDATA) &&
 		    ip->i_df.if_bytes > 0) {
-			/*
-			 * Round i_bytes up to a word boundary.
-			 * The underlying memory is guaranteed
-			 * to be there by xfs_idata_realloc().
-			 */
-			data_bytes = roundup(ip->i_df.if_bytes, 4);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data != NULL);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_disk_size > 0);
 			xlog_copy_iovec(lv, vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_ILOCAL,
-					ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data, data_bytes);
-			ilf->ilf_dsize = (unsigned)data_bytes;
+					ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data,
+					ip->i_df.if_bytes);
+			ilf->ilf_dsize = (unsigned)ip->i_df.if_bytes;
 			ilf->ilf_size++;
 		} else {
 			iip->ili_fields &= ~XFS_ILOG_DDATA;
@@ -288,17 +283,11 @@ xfs_inode_item_format_attr_fork(
 
 		if ((iip->ili_fields & XFS_ILOG_ADATA) &&
 		    ip->i_afp->if_bytes > 0) {
-			/*
-			 * Round i_bytes up to a word boundary.
-			 * The underlying memory is guaranteed
-			 * to be there by xfs_idata_realloc().
-			 */
-			data_bytes = roundup(ip->i_afp->if_bytes, 4);
 			ASSERT(ip->i_afp->if_u1.if_data != NULL);
 			xlog_copy_iovec(lv, vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_LOCAL,
 					ip->i_afp->if_u1.if_data,
-					data_bytes);
-			ilf->ilf_asize = (unsigned)data_bytes;
+					ip->i_afp->if_bytes);
+			ilf->ilf_asize = (unsigned)ip->i_afp->if_bytes;
 			ilf->ilf_size++;
 		} else {
 			iip->ili_fields &= ~XFS_ILOG_ADATA;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
index 6d44f5fd6d7e..d28ffaebd067 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ xlog_recover_inode_commit_pass2(
 	ASSERT(in_f->ilf_size <= 4);
 	ASSERT((in_f->ilf_size == 3) || (fields & XFS_ILOG_AFORK));
 	ASSERT(!(fields & XFS_ILOG_DFORK) ||
-	       (len == in_f->ilf_dsize));
+	       (len == xlog_calc_iovec_len(in_f->ilf_dsize)));
 
 	switch (fields & XFS_ILOG_DFORK) {
 	case XFS_ILOG_DDATA:
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ xlog_recover_inode_commit_pass2(
 		}
 		len = item->ri_buf[attr_index].i_len;
 		src = item->ri_buf[attr_index].i_addr;
-		ASSERT(len == in_f->ilf_asize);
+		ASSERT(len == xlog_calc_iovec_len(in_f->ilf_asize));
 
 		switch (in_f->ilf_fields & XFS_ILOG_AFORK) {
 		case XFS_ILOG_ADATA:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index 8dafe8f771c7..d9aebca3f971 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ struct xfs_log_vec {
 
 #define XFS_LOG_VEC_ORDERED	(-1)
 
+/*
+ * Calculate the log iovec length for a given user buffer length. Intended to be
+ * used by ->iop_size implementations when sizing buffers of arbitrary
+ * alignments.
+ */
+static inline int
+xlog_calc_iovec_len(int len)
+{
+	return roundup(len, 4);
+}
+
 void *xlog_prepare_iovec(struct xfs_log_vec *lv, struct xfs_log_iovec **vecp,
 		uint type);
 
@@ -29,6 +40,12 @@ xlog_finish_iovec(struct xfs_log_vec *lv, struct xfs_log_iovec *vec, int len)
 {
 	struct xlog_op_header	*oph = vec->i_addr;
 
+	/*
+	 * Always round up the length to the correct alignment so callers don't
+	 * need to know anything about this log vec layout requirement.
+	 */
+	len = xlog_calc_iovec_len(len);
+
 	/* opheader tracks payload length, logvec tracks region length */
 	oph->oh_len = cpu_to_be32(len);
 
@@ -36,8 +53,14 @@ xlog_finish_iovec(struct xfs_log_vec *lv, struct xfs_log_iovec *vec, int len)
 	lv->lv_buf_len += len;
 	lv->lv_bytes += len;
 	vec->i_len = len;
+
+	/* Catch buffer overruns */
+	ASSERT((void *)lv->lv_buf + lv->lv_bytes <= (void *)lv + lv->lv_size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Copy the amount of data requested by the caller into a new log iovec.
+ */
 static inline void *
 xlog_copy_iovec(struct xfs_log_vec *lv, struct xfs_log_iovec **vecp,
 		uint type, void *data, int len)
