diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 89ce1926a02121f288295dfea707418a6e592f73..f809deee53a899b6aa0db4311ed619bd04910d6f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ xlog_find_head(
 	 * in the in-core log.  The following number can be made tighter if
 	 * we actually look at the block size of the filesystem.
 	 */
-	num_scan_bblks = XLOG_TOTAL_REC_SHIFT(log);
+	num_scan_bblks = min_t(int, log_bbnum, XLOG_TOTAL_REC_SHIFT(log));
 	if (head_blk >= num_scan_bblks) {
 		/*
 		 * We are guaranteed that the entire check can be performed