diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 235fcf6dc4ee..ae22f361627f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ xlog_state_release_iclog(
 	struct xlog_in_core	*iclog,
 	struct xlog_ticket	*ticket)
 {
-	xfs_lsn_t		tail_lsn;
 	bool			last_ref;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&log->l_icloglock);
@@ -545,8 +544,8 @@ xlog_state_release_iclog(
 	if ((iclog->ic_state == XLOG_STATE_WANT_SYNC ||
 	     (iclog->ic_flags & XLOG_ICL_NEED_FUA)) &&
 	    !iclog->ic_header.h_tail_lsn) {
-		tail_lsn = xlog_assign_tail_lsn(log->l_mp);
-		iclog->ic_header.h_tail_lsn = cpu_to_be64(tail_lsn);
+		iclog->ic_header.h_tail_lsn =
+				cpu_to_be64(atomic64_read(&log->l_tail_lsn));
 	}
 
 	last_ref = atomic_dec_and_test(&iclog->ic_refcnt);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index 26d4d9b3e357..7d6ccd21aae2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -720,6 +720,13 @@ xfs_ail_push_all_sync(
 	finish_wait(&ailp->ail_empty, &wait);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Callers should pass the original tail lsn so that we can detect if the tail
+ * has moved as a result of the operation that was performed. If the caller
+ * needs to force a tail LSN update, it should pass NULLCOMMITLSN to bypass the
+ * "did the tail LSN change?" checks. If the caller wants to avoid a tail update
+ * (e.g. it knows the tail did not change) it should pass an @old_lsn of 0.
+ */
 void
 xfs_ail_update_finish(
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
@@ -804,10 +811,16 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(
 
 	/*
 	 * If this is the first insert, wake up the push daemon so it can
-	 * actively scan for items to push.
+	 * actively scan for items to push. We also need to do a log tail
+	 * LSN update to ensure that it is correctly tracked by the log, so
+	 * set the tail_lsn to NULLCOMMITLSN so that xfs_ail_update_finish()
+	 * will see that the tail lsn has changed and will update the tail
+	 * appropriately.
 	 */
-	if (!mlip)
+	if (!mlip) {
 		wake_up_process(ailp->ail_task);
+		tail_lsn = NULLCOMMITLSN;
+	}
 
 	xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn);
 }