diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_recover.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_recover.h
index 3cca2bfe714c..ff69a0000817 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_recover.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_recover.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ void xlog_buf_readahead(struct xlog *log, xfs_daddr_t blkno, uint len,
 		const struct xfs_buf_ops *ops);
 bool xlog_is_buffer_cancelled(struct xlog *log, xfs_daddr_t blkno, uint len);
 
+int xlog_recover_iget(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_ino_t ino,
+		struct xfs_inode **ipp);
 void xlog_recover_release_intent(struct xlog *log, unsigned short intent_type,
 		uint64_t intent_id);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
index 3d6f70da8820..03159970133f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_log_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_log_recover.h"
-#include "xfs_quota.h"
 
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_bui_zone;
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_bud_zone;
@@ -487,18 +486,10 @@ xfs_bui_item_recover(
 			XFS_ATTR_FORK : XFS_DATA_FORK;
 	bui_type = bmap->me_flags & XFS_BMAP_EXTENT_TYPE_MASK;
 
-	/* Grab the inode. */
-	error = xfs_iget(mp, NULL, bmap->me_owner, 0, 0, &ip);
+	error = xlog_recover_iget(mp, bmap->me_owner, &ip);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = xfs_qm_dqattach(ip);
-	if (error)
-		goto err_rele;
-
-	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_nlink == 0)
-		xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECOVERY);
-
 	/* Allocate transaction and do the work. */
 	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_itruncate,
 			XFS_EXTENTADD_SPACE_RES(mp, XFS_DATA_FORK), 0, 0, &tp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 1d324c8bac6b..1d4213302078 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
+#include "xfs_quota.h"
+
 
 #define BLK_AVG(blk1, blk2)	((blk1+blk2) >> 1)
 
@@ -1754,6 +1756,30 @@ xlog_recover_release_intent(
 	spin_unlock(&ailp->ail_lock);
 }
 
+int
+xlog_recover_iget(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	xfs_ino_t		ino,
+	struct xfs_inode	**ipp)
+{
+	int			error;
+
+	error = xfs_iget(mp, NULL, ino, 0, 0, ipp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = xfs_qm_dqattach(*ipp);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_irele(*ipp);
+		return error;
+	}
+
+	if (VFS_I(*ipp)->i_nlink == 0)
+		xfs_iflags_set(*ipp, XFS_IRECOVERY);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************
  *
  *		Log recover routines