diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 10562ecbd9ea..581aeb288b32 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
-
+#include "xfs_reflink.h"
 
 #define BLK_AVG(blk1, blk2)	((blk1+blk2) >> 1)
 
@@ -3502,6 +3502,28 @@ xlog_recover_finish(
 
 	xlog_recover_process_iunlinks(log);
 	xlog_recover_check_summary(log);
+
+	/*
+	 * Recover any CoW staging blocks that are still referenced by the
+	 * ondisk refcount metadata.  During mount there cannot be any live
+	 * staging extents as we have not permitted any user modifications.
+	 * Therefore, it is safe to free them all right now, even on a
+	 * read-only mount.
+	 */
+	error = xfs_reflink_recover_cow(log->l_mp);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_alert(log->l_mp,
+	"Failed to recover leftover CoW staging extents, err %d.",
+				error);
+		/*
+		 * If we get an error here, make sure the log is shut down
+		 * but return zero so that any log items committed since the
+		 * end of intents processing can be pushed through the CIL
+		 * and AIL.
+		 */
+		xfs_force_shutdown(log->l_mp, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 06dac09eddbd..62f3c153d4b2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -922,15 +922,6 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 			xfs_warn(mp,
 	"Unable to allocate reserve blocks. Continuing without reserve pool.");
 
-		/* Recover any CoW blocks that never got remapped. */
-		error = xfs_reflink_recover_cow(mp);
-		if (error) {
-			xfs_err(mp,
-	"Error %d recovering leftover CoW allocations.", error);
-			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
-			goto out_quota;
-		}
-
 		/* Reserve AG blocks for future btree expansion. */
 		error = xfs_fs_reserve_ag_blocks(mp);
 		if (error && error != -ENOSPC)
@@ -941,7 +932,6 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 
  out_agresv:
 	xfs_fs_unreserve_ag_blocks(mp);
- out_quota:
 	xfs_qm_unmount_quotas(mp);
  out_rtunmount:
 	xfs_rtunmount_inodes(mp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index 76355f293488..36832e4bc803 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -749,7 +749,10 @@ xfs_reflink_end_cow(
 }
 
 /*
- * Free leftover CoW reservations that didn't get cleaned out.
+ * Free all CoW staging blocks that are still referenced by the ondisk refcount
+ * metadata.  The ondisk metadata does not track which inode created the
+ * staging extent, so callers must ensure that there are no cached inodes with
+ * live CoW staging extents.
  */
 int
 xfs_reflink_recover_cow(
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index e8d19916ba99..5410bf0ab426 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1742,15 +1742,6 @@ xfs_remount_rw(
 	 */
 	xfs_restore_resvblks(mp);
 	xfs_log_work_queue(mp);
-
-	/* Recover any CoW blocks that never got remapped. */
-	error = xfs_reflink_recover_cow(mp);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_err(mp,
-			"Error %d recovering leftover CoW allocations.", error);
-		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
-		return error;
-	}
 	xfs_blockgc_start(mp);
 
 	/* Create the per-AG metadata reservation pool .*/