diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
index 2c8b686e2a1118b05b1205fbeafc9b42a7dd8311..0e0aae83308c9060658b2e1f64f313ff5695f7b8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ xfs_bud_item_release(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_bud_item_ops = {
-	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED,
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED |
+			  XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_bud_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_bud_item_format,
 	.iop_release	= xfs_bud_item_release,
@@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ xfs_bui_item_relog(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_bui_item_ops = {
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_INTENT,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_bui_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_bui_item_format,
 	.iop_unpin	= xfs_bui_item_unpin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index 0e50f2c9348e196ab39cc33b7fc25d4ca3d96458..21a159f9d8c55b923bf984e7158be3df3457b628 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ xfs_efd_item_release(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efd_item_ops = {
-	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED,
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED |
+			  XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_efd_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_efd_item_format,
 	.iop_release	= xfs_efd_item_release,
@@ -688,6 +689,7 @@ xfs_efi_item_relog(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efi_item_ops = {
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_INTENT,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_efi_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_efi_item_format,
 	.iop_unpin	= xfs_efi_item_unpin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
index 10474fe389e13a19288f0b44c7503df59f720ed1..71225d094e033268f45b65120fa5487afafdf5e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ xfs_cud_item_release(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_cud_item_ops = {
-	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED,
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED |
+			  XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_cud_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_cud_item_format,
 	.iop_release	= xfs_cud_item_release,
@@ -602,6 +603,7 @@ xfs_cui_item_relog(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_cui_item_ops = {
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_INTENT,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_cui_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_cui_item_format,
 	.iop_unpin	= xfs_cui_item_unpin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
index 6c0b56ebdbe1bd97ec19d9c672e74e21174b4307..6ecbc37e4b8d6bbc67e9b4ed1ccb2b1ff715f0f4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ xfs_rud_item_release(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_rud_item_ops = {
-	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED,
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED |
+			  XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_rud_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_rud_item_format,
 	.iop_release	= xfs_rud_item_release,
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ xfs_rui_item_relog(
 }
 
 static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_rui_item_ops = {
+	.flags		= XFS_ITEM_INTENT,
 	.iop_size	= xfs_rui_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_rui_item_format,
 	.iop_unpin	= xfs_rui_item_unpin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 87e940b5366e94c10ea2562d062001933cff8c4d..f68e74e460262c73197ad793f43b72fe2c52d1b9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -80,28 +80,29 @@ struct xfs_item_ops {
 			struct xfs_trans *tp);
 };
 
-/* Is this log item a deferred action intent? */
+/*
+ * Log item ops flags
+ */
+/*
+ * Release the log item when the journal commits instead of inserting into the
+ * AIL for writeback tracking and/or log tail pinning.
+ */
+#define XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED	(1 << 0)
+#define XFS_ITEM_INTENT			(1 << 1)
+#define XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE		(1 << 2)
+
 static inline bool
 xlog_item_is_intent(struct xfs_log_item *lip)
 {
-	return lip->li_ops->iop_recover != NULL &&
-	       lip->li_ops->iop_match != NULL;
+	return lip->li_ops->flags & XFS_ITEM_INTENT;
 }
 
-/* Is this a log intent-done item? */
 static inline bool
 xlog_item_is_intent_done(struct xfs_log_item *lip)
 {
-	return lip->li_ops->iop_unpin == NULL &&
-	       lip->li_ops->iop_push == NULL;
+	return lip->li_ops->flags & XFS_ITEM_INTENT_DONE;
 }
 
-/*
- * Release the log item as soon as committed.  This is for items just logging
- * intents that never need to be written back in place.
- */
-#define XFS_ITEM_RELEASE_WHEN_COMMITTED	(1 << 0)
-
 void	xfs_log_item_init(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_log_item *item,
 			  int type, const struct xfs_item_ops *ops);