diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index 36c0ce77d41b..8a83d901e465 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -462,23 +462,19 @@ xlog_cil_insert_items(
 	 */
 	xlog_cil_insert_format_items(log, tp, &len);
 
-	spin_lock(&cil->xc_cil_lock);
-
-	/* attach the transaction to the CIL if it has any busy extents */
-	if (!list_empty(&tp->t_busy))
-		list_splice_init(&tp->t_busy, &ctx->busy_extents);
-
 	/*
 	 * We need to take the CIL checkpoint unit reservation on the first
 	 * commit into the CIL. Test the XLOG_CIL_EMPTY bit first so we don't
-	 * unnecessarily do an atomic op in the fast path here.
+	 * unnecessarily do an atomic op in the fast path here. We don't need to
+	 * hold the xc_cil_lock here to clear the XLOG_CIL_EMPTY bit as we are
+	 * under the xc_ctx_lock here and that needs to be held exclusively to
+	 * reset the XLOG_CIL_EMPTY bit.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(XLOG_CIL_EMPTY, &cil->xc_flags) &&
-	    test_and_clear_bit(XLOG_CIL_EMPTY, &cil->xc_flags)) {
+	    test_and_clear_bit(XLOG_CIL_EMPTY, &cil->xc_flags))
 		ctx_res = ctx->ticket->t_unit_res;
-		ctx->ticket->t_curr_res = ctx_res;
-		tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res -= ctx_res;
-	}
+
+	spin_lock(&cil->xc_cil_lock);
 
 	/* do we need space for more log record headers? */
 	iclog_space = log->l_iclog_size - log->l_iclog_hsize;
@@ -488,13 +484,12 @@ xlog_cil_insert_items(
 		/* need to take into account split region headers, too */
 		split_res *= log->l_iclog_hsize + sizeof(struct xlog_op_header);
 		ctx->ticket->t_unit_res += split_res;
-		ctx->ticket->t_curr_res += split_res;
-		tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res -= split_res;
-		ASSERT(tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res >= len);
 	}
-	tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res -= len;
-	tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res += released_space;
+	tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res -= split_res + ctx_res + len;
+	ctx->ticket->t_curr_res += split_res + ctx_res;
 	ctx->space_used += len;
+
+	tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res += released_space;
 	ctx->space_used -= released_space;
 
 	/*
@@ -532,6 +527,9 @@ xlog_cil_insert_items(
 			list_move_tail(&lip->li_cil, &cil->xc_cil);
 	}
 
+	/* attach the transaction to the CIL if it has any busy extents */
+	if (!list_empty(&tp->t_busy))
+		list_splice_init(&tp->t_busy, &ctx->busy_extents);
 	spin_unlock(&cil->xc_cil_lock);
 
 	if (tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res < 0)