diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 83afe5bc08722f37ccea31ce573911274977378c..88b48aed446a1ae2751e5ff42cb7976bc675bd73 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2715,6 +2715,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_one_iunlink(
 	 * Call xlog_recover_clear_agi_bucket() to perform a transaction to
 	 * clear the inode pointer in the bucket.
 	 */
+	xfs_inodegc_flush(mp);
 	xlog_recover_clear_agi_bucket(mp, agno, bucket);
 	return NULLAGINO;
 }