diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 58d2d4253c8e8637171fbbba8ca8e28f55332d12..3861d61fb265f66a9d39723286d5adc9772cc15e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ xfs_eofblocks_worker(
  * based on the 'speculative_cow_prealloc_lifetime' tunable (5m by default).
  * (We'll just piggyback on the post-EOF prealloc space workqueue.)
  */
-STATIC void
+void
 xfs_queue_cowblocks(
 	struct xfs_mount *mp)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index bff4d85e54984ad84ca0741f801f536a99195055..d4a77588eca15b90639debc1ca6c5c62a3680de8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void xfs_inode_clear_cowblocks_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_icache_free_cowblocks(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_eofblocks *);
 int xfs_inode_free_quota_cowblocks(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 void xfs_cowblocks_worker(struct work_struct *);
+void xfs_queue_cowblocks(struct xfs_mount *);
 
 int xfs_inode_ag_iterator(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 	int (*execute)(struct xfs_inode *ip, int flags, void *args),
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index f663022353c0d98b681e51fe8578096d0fbf57bf..2db6a40a96bd89b35e6896d397a731d1434de150 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
 			return error;
 		}
+		xfs_queue_cowblocks(mp);
 
 		/* Create the per-AG metadata reservation pool .*/
 		error = xfs_fs_reserve_ag_blocks(mp);
@@ -1369,6 +1370,14 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 
 	/* rw -> ro */
 	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY) && (*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		/* Get rid of any leftover CoW reservations... */
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mp->m_cowblocks_work);
+		error = xfs_icache_free_cowblocks(mp, NULL);
+		if (error) {
+			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
+			return error;
+		}
+
 		/* Free the per-AG metadata reservation pool. */
 		error = xfs_fs_unreserve_ag_blocks(mp);
 		if (error) {