diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 1ffead4b..385a3b1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "xfs_log.h"
 #include "xfs_inum.h"
 #include "xfs_trans.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_dir2.h"
@@ -1475,15 +1476,15 @@
 	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 
 	/*
-	 * Do a delwri reclaim pass first so that as many dirty inodes are
-	 * queued up for IO as possible. Then flush the buffers before making
-	 * a synchronous path to catch all the remaining inodes are reclaimed.
-	 * This makes the reclaim process as quick as possible by avoiding
-	 * synchronous writeout and blocking on inodes already in the delwri
-	 * state as much as possible.
+	 * Flush all pending changes from the AIL.
 	 */
-	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
-	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
+	xfs_ail_push_all_sync(mp->m_ail);
+
+	/*
+	 * And reclaim all inodes.  At this point there should be no dirty
+	 * inode, and none should be pinned or locked, but use synchronous
+	 * reclaim just to be sure.
+	 */
 	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
 	xfs_qm_unmount(mp);
@@ -1519,15 +1520,12 @@
 	if (error)
 		xfs_warn(mp, "Unable to update superblock counters. "
 				"Freespace may not be correct on next mount.");
-	xfs_unmountfs_writesb(mp);
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure all buffers have been flushed and completed before
-	 * unmounting the log.
+	 * At this point we might have modified the superblock again and thus
+	 * added an item to the AIL, thus flush it again.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
-	if (error)
-		xfs_warn(mp, "%d busy buffers during unmount.", error);
+	xfs_ail_push_all_sync(mp->m_ail);
 	xfs_wait_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp);
 
 	xfs_log_unmount_write(mp);
@@ -1588,36 +1586,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
-xfs_unmountfs_writesb(xfs_mount_t *mp)
-{
-	xfs_buf_t	*sbp;
-	int		error = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * skip superblock write if fs is read-only, or
-	 * if we are doing a forced umount.
-	 */
-	if (!((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY) ||
-		XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))) {
-
-		sbp = xfs_getsb(mp, 0);
-
-		XFS_BUF_UNDONE(sbp);
-		XFS_BUF_UNREAD(sbp);
-		xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(sbp);
-		XFS_BUF_WRITE(sbp);
-		XFS_BUF_UNASYNC(sbp);
-		ASSERT(sbp->b_target == mp->m_ddev_targp);
-		xfsbdstrat(mp, sbp);
-		error = xfs_buf_iowait(sbp);
-		if (error)
-			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(sbp, __func__);
-		xfs_buf_relse(sbp);
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * xfs_mod_sb() can be used to copy arbitrary changes to the
  * in-core superblock into the superblock buffer to be logged.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 9eba738..19fd5ed 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@
 extern int	xfs_mountfs(xfs_mount_t *mp);
 
 extern void	xfs_unmountfs(xfs_mount_t *);
-extern int	xfs_unmountfs_writesb(xfs_mount_t *);
 extern int	xfs_mod_incore_sb(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_sb_field_t, int64_t, int);
 extern int	xfs_mod_incore_sb_batch(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_mod_sb_t *,
 			uint, int);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
index 7648776..85d03e6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
@@ -241,45 +241,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-STATIC int
-xfs_sync_inode_attr(
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
-	int			flags)
-{
-	int			error = 0;
-
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip))
-		goto out_unlock;
-	if (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
-		if (!(flags & SYNC_WAIT))
-			goto out_unlock;
-		xfs_iflock(ip);
-	}
-
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
-		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	error = xfs_iflush(ip, flags);
-
-	/*
-	 * We don't want to try again on non-blocking flushes that can't run
-	 * again immediately. If an inode really must be written, then that's
-	 * what the SYNC_WAIT flag is for.
-	 */
-	if (error == EAGAIN) {
-		ASSERT(!(flags & SYNC_WAIT));
-		error = 0;
-	}
-
- out_unlock:
-	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-	return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * Write out pagecache data for the whole filesystem.
  */
@@ -300,19 +261,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Write out inode metadata (attributes) for the whole filesystem.
- */
-STATIC int
-xfs_sync_attr(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	int			flags)
-{
-	ASSERT((flags & ~SYNC_WAIT) == 0);
-
-	return xfs_inode_ag_iterator(mp, xfs_sync_inode_attr, flags);
-}
-
 STATIC int
 xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
@@ -350,7 +298,7 @@
  * First stage of freeze - no writers will make progress now we are here,
  * so we flush delwri and delalloc buffers here, then wait for all I/O to
  * complete.  Data is frozen at that point. Metadata is not frozen,
- * transactions can still occur here so don't bother flushing the buftarg
+ * transactions can still occur here so don't bother emptying the AIL
  * because it'll just get dirty again.
  */
 int
@@ -379,33 +327,6 @@
 	return error ? error : error2;
 }
 
-STATIC void
-xfs_quiesce_fs(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
-{
-	int	count = 0, pincount;
-
-	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
-	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 0);
-
-	/*
-	 * This loop must run at least twice.  The first instance of the loop
-	 * will flush most meta data but that will generate more meta data
-	 * (typically directory updates).  Which then must be flushed and
-	 * logged before we can write the unmount record. We also so sync
-	 * reclaim of inodes to catch any that the above delwri flush skipped.
-	 */
-	do {
-		xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
-		xfs_sync_attr(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
-		pincount = xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
-		if (!pincount) {
-			delay(50);
-			count++;
-		}
-	} while (count < 2);
-}
-
 /*
  * Second stage of a quiesce. The data is already synced, now we have to take
  * care of the metadata. New transactions are already blocked, so we need to
@@ -421,8 +342,12 @@
 	while (atomic_read(&mp->m_active_trans) > 0)
 		delay(100);
 
-	/* flush inodes and push all remaining buffers out to disk */
-	xfs_quiesce_fs(mp);
+	/* reclaim inodes to do any IO before the freeze completes */
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
+
+	/* flush all pending changes from the AIL */
+	xfs_ail_push_all_sync(mp->m_ail);
 
 	/*
 	 * Just warn here till VFS can correctly support
@@ -436,7 +361,12 @@
 		xfs_warn(mp, "xfs_attr_quiesce: failed to log sb changes. "
 				"Frozen image may not be consistent.");
 	xfs_log_unmount_write(mp);
-	xfs_unmountfs_writesb(mp);
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point we might have modified the superblock again and thus
+	 * added an item to the AIL, thus flush it again.
+	 */
+	xfs_ail_push_all_sync(mp->m_ail);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index 77acc53..0425ca1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -383,9 +383,8 @@
 		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 	}
 
-	target = ailp->xa_target;
 	lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(ailp, &cur, ailp->xa_last_pushed_lsn);
-	if (!lip || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+	if (!lip) {
 		/*
 		 * AIL is empty or our push has reached the end.
 		 */
@@ -408,6 +407,7 @@
 	 * lots of contention on the AIL lists.
 	 */
 	lsn = lip->li_lsn;
+	target = ailp->xa_target;
 	while ((XFS_LSN_CMP(lip->li_lsn, target) <= 0)) {
 		int	lock_result;
 		/*
@@ -466,11 +466,6 @@
 		}
 
 		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
-		/* should we bother continuing? */
-		if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-			break;
-		ASSERT(mp->m_log);
-
 		count++;
 
 		/*
@@ -611,6 +606,30 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Push out all items in the AIL immediately and wait until the AIL is empty.
+ */
+void
+xfs_ail_push_all_sync(
+	struct xfs_ail  *ailp)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+	spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	while ((lip = xfs_ail_max(ailp)) != NULL) {
+		prepare_to_wait(&ailp->xa_empty, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		ailp->xa_target = lip->li_lsn;
+		wake_up_process(ailp->xa_task);
+		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+		schedule();
+		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+
+	finish_wait(&ailp->xa_empty, &wait);
+}
+
+/*
  * xfs_trans_ail_update - bulk AIL insertion operation.
  *
  * @xfs_trans_ail_update takes an array of log items that all need to be
@@ -737,6 +756,8 @@
 	if (mlip_changed) {
 		if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount))
 			xlog_assign_tail_lsn_locked(ailp->xa_mount);
+		if (list_empty(&ailp->xa_ail))
+			wake_up_all(&ailp->xa_empty);
 		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 
 		xfs_log_space_wake(ailp->xa_mount);
@@ -773,6 +794,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ailp->xa_ail);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ailp->xa_cursors);
 	spin_lock_init(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&ailp->xa_empty);
 
 	ailp->xa_task = kthread_run(xfsaild, ailp, "xfsaild/%s",
 			ailp->xa_mount->m_fsname);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index 46a1ebd..218304a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	spinlock_t		xa_lock;
 	xfs_lsn_t		xa_last_pushed_lsn;
 	int			xa_log_flush;
+	wait_queue_head_t	xa_empty;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 
 void			xfs_ail_push(struct xfs_ail *, xfs_lsn_t);
 void			xfs_ail_push_all(struct xfs_ail *);
+void			xfs_ail_push_all_sync(struct xfs_ail *);
 struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_ail_min(struct xfs_ail  *ailp);
 xfs_lsn_t		xfs_ail_min_lsn(struct xfs_ail *ailp);