diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 99ee6eee..fb39a66 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
  * Background scanning to trim post-EOF preallocated space. This is queued
  * based on the 'speculative_prealloc_lifetime' tunable (5m by default).
  */
-STATIC void
+void
 xfs_queue_eofblocks(
 	struct xfs_mount *mp)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index 62f1f91..05bac99 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 int xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_eofblocks *);
 int xfs_inode_free_quota_eofblocks(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 void xfs_eofblocks_worker(struct work_struct *);
+void xfs_queue_eofblocks(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 11ea5d5..2d28108 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@
 		 */
 		xfs_restore_resvblks(mp);
 		xfs_log_work_queue(mp);
+		xfs_queue_eofblocks(mp);
 	}
 
 	/* rw -> ro */
@@ -1306,6 +1307,13 @@
 		 * return it to the same size.
 		 */
 		xfs_save_resvblks(mp);
+
+		/*
+		 * Cancel background eofb scanning so it cannot race with the
+		 * final log force+buftarg wait and deadlock the remount.
+		 */
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mp->m_eofblocks_work);
+
 		xfs_quiesce_attr(mp);
 		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
 	}