diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 0448197d3b71..4c36ab9dd33e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ xfs_defer_ops_capture(
 	dfc->dfc_tpflags = tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_LOWMODE;
 	tp->t_flags &= ~XFS_TRANS_LOWMODE;
 
+	/* Capture the remaining block reservations along with the dfops. */
+	dfc->dfc_blkres = tp->t_blk_res - tp->t_blk_res_used;
+	dfc->dfc_rtxres = tp->t_rtx_res - tp->t_rtx_res_used;
+
 	return dfc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
index 2c27f439298d..7b0794ad58ca 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ struct xfs_defer_capture {
 	/* Deferred ops state saved from the transaction. */
 	struct list_head	dfc_dfops;
 	unsigned int		dfc_tpflags;
+
+	/* Block reservations for the data and rt devices. */
+	unsigned int		dfc_blkres;
+	unsigned int		dfc_rtxres;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 388a2ec2d879..a591420a2c89 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -4766,27 +4766,12 @@ xlog_finish_defer_ops(
 {
 	struct xfs_defer_capture *dfc, *next;
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
-	int64_t			freeblks;
-	uint64_t		resblks;
 	int			error = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dfc, next, capture_list, dfc_list) {
-		/*
-		 * We're finishing the defer_ops that accumulated as a result
-		 * of recovering unfinished intent items during log recovery.
-		 * We reserve an itruncate transaction because it is the
-		 * largest permanent transaction type.  Since we're the only
-		 * user of the fs right now, take 93% (15/16) of the available
-		 * free blocks.  Use weird math to avoid a 64-bit division.
-		 */
-		freeblks = percpu_counter_sum(&mp->m_fdblocks);
-		if (freeblks <= 0)
-			return -ENOSPC;
-
-		resblks = min_t(uint64_t, UINT_MAX, freeblks);
-		resblks = (resblks * 15) >> 4;
-		error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_itruncate, resblks,
-				0, XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
+		error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_itruncate,
+				dfc->dfc_blkres, dfc->dfc_rtxres,
+				XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
 		if (error)
 			return error;