diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index fdb60e09a9c5..ca7e0c656cee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	struct xfs_error_cfg	m_error_cfg[XFS_ERR_CLASS_MAX][XFS_ERR_ERRNO_MAX];
 	struct xstats		m_stats;	/* per-fs stats */
 
+	/*
+	 * Workqueue item so that we can coalesce multiple inode flush attempts
+	 * into a single flush.
+	 */
+	struct work_struct	m_flush_inodes_work;
 	struct workqueue_struct *m_buf_workqueue;
 	struct workqueue_struct	*m_unwritten_workqueue;
 	struct workqueue_struct	*m_cil_workqueue;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index a3a54a0fbffe..2429acbfb132 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -840,6 +840,20 @@ xfs_destroy_mount_workqueues(
 	destroy_workqueue(mp->m_buf_workqueue);
 }
 
+static void
+xfs_flush_inodes_worker(
+	struct work_struct	*work)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = container_of(work, struct xfs_mount,
+						   m_flush_inodes_work);
+	struct super_block	*sb = mp->m_super;
+
+	if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
+		sync_inodes_sb(sb);
+		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flush all dirty data to disk. Must not be called while holding an XFS_ILOCK
  * or a page lock. We use sync_inodes_sb() here to ensure we block while waiting
@@ -850,12 +864,15 @@ void
 xfs_flush_inodes(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
-	struct super_block	*sb = mp->m_super;
+	/*
+	 * If flush_work() returns true then that means we waited for a flush
+	 * which was already in progress.  Don't bother running another scan.
+	 */
+	if (flush_work(&mp->m_flush_inodes_work))
+		return;
 
-	if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
-		sync_inodes_sb(sb);
-		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-	}
+	queue_work(mp->m_sync_workqueue, &mp->m_flush_inodes_work);
+	flush_work(&mp->m_flush_inodes_work);
 }
 
 /* Catch misguided souls that try to use this interface on XFS */
@@ -1532,6 +1549,7 @@ xfs_mount_alloc(
 	spin_lock_init(&mp->m_perag_lock);
 	mutex_init(&mp->m_growlock);
 	atomic_set(&mp->m_active_trans, 0);
+	INIT_WORK(&mp->m_flush_inodes_work, xfs_flush_inodes_worker);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_reclaim_work, xfs_reclaim_worker);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_eofblocks_work, xfs_eofblocks_worker);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_cowblocks_work, xfs_cowblocks_worker);