diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 95a97108036..c71e226da7f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(sb);
 	substring_t		args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 	char			*p;
+	int			error;
 
 	while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
 		int token;
@@ -1247,11 +1248,25 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* rw/ro -> rw */
+	/* ro -> rw */
 	if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY) && !(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
 		if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
 			xfs_mountfs_check_barriers(mp);
+
+		/*
+		 * If this is the first remount to writeable state we
+		 * might have some superblock changes to update.
+		 */
+		if (mp->m_update_flags) {
+			error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, mp->m_update_flags);
+			if (error) {
+				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
+					"XFS: failed to write sb changes");
+				return error;
+			}
+			mp->m_update_flags = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* rw -> ro */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 3c97c6463a4..35300250e86 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "xfs_fsops.h"
 #include "xfs_utils.h"
 
-STATIC int	xfs_mount_log_sb(xfs_mount_t *, __int64_t);
 STATIC int	xfs_uuid_mount(xfs_mount_t *);
 STATIC void	xfs_unmountfs_wait(xfs_mount_t *);
 
@@ -682,7 +681,7 @@ xfs_initialize_perag_data(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agcount)
  * Update alignment values based on mount options and sb values
  */
 STATIC int
-xfs_update_alignment(xfs_mount_t *mp, __uint64_t *update_flags)
+xfs_update_alignment(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
 	xfs_sb_t	*sbp = &(mp->m_sb);
 
@@ -736,11 +735,11 @@ xfs_update_alignment(xfs_mount_t *mp, __uint64_t *update_flags)
 		if (xfs_sb_version_hasdalign(sbp)) {
 			if (sbp->sb_unit != mp->m_dalign) {
 				sbp->sb_unit = mp->m_dalign;
-				*update_flags |= XFS_SB_UNIT;
+				mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_UNIT;
 			}
 			if (sbp->sb_width != mp->m_swidth) {
 				sbp->sb_width = mp->m_swidth;
-				*update_flags |= XFS_SB_WIDTH;
+				mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_WIDTH;
 			}
 		}
 	} else if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NOALIGN) != XFS_MOUNT_NOALIGN &&
@@ -905,7 +904,6 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	xfs_sb_t	*sbp = &(mp->m_sb);
 	xfs_inode_t	*rip;
 	__uint64_t	resblks;
-	__int64_t	update_flags = 0LL;
 	uint		quotamount, quotaflags;
 	int		uuid_mounted = 0;
 	int		error = 0;
@@ -933,7 +931,7 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 			"XFS: correcting sb_features alignment problem");
 		sbp->sb_features2 |= sbp->sb_bad_features2;
 		sbp->sb_bad_features2 = sbp->sb_features2;
-		update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2 | XFS_SB_BAD_FEATURES2;
+		mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2 | XFS_SB_BAD_FEATURES2;
 
 		/*
 		 * Re-check for ATTR2 in case it was found in bad_features2
@@ -947,11 +945,11 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	if (xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb) &&
 	   (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NOATTR2)) {
 		xfs_sb_version_removeattr2(&mp->m_sb);
-		update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2;
+		mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2;
 
 		/* update sb_versionnum for the clearing of the morebits */
 		if (!sbp->sb_features2)
-			update_flags |= XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM;
+			mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -960,7 +958,7 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	 * allocator alignment is within an ag, therefore ag has
 	 * to be aligned at stripe boundary.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_update_alignment(mp, &update_flags);
+	error = xfs_update_alignment(mp);
 	if (error)
 		goto error1;
 
@@ -1137,10 +1135,12 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If fs is not mounted readonly, then update the superblock changes.
+	 * If this is a read-only mount defer the superblock updates until
+	 * the next remount into writeable mode.  Otherwise we would never
+	 * perform the update e.g. for the root filesystem.
 	 */
-	if (update_flags && !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
-		error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, update_flags);
+	if (mp->m_update_flags && !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
+		error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, mp->m_update_flags);
 		if (error) {
 			cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: failed to write sb changes");
 			goto error4;
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ xfs_uuid_mount(
  * be altered by the mount options, as well as any potential sb_features2
  * fixup. Only the first superblock is updated.
  */
-STATIC int
+int
 xfs_mount_log_sb(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	__int64_t	fields)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index c1e02846732..e37eff6761e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	spinlock_t		m_sync_lock;	/* work item list lock */
 	int			m_sync_seq;	/* sync thread generation no. */
 	wait_queue_head_t	m_wait_single_sync_task;
+	__int64_t		m_update_flags;	/* sb flags we need to update
+						   on the next remount,rw */
 } xfs_mount_t;
 
 /*
@@ -514,6 +516,7 @@ extern int	xfs_mod_incore_sb_unlocked(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_sb_field_t,
 			int64_t, int);
 extern int	xfs_mod_incore_sb_batch(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_mod_sb_t *,
 			uint, int);
+extern int	xfs_mount_log_sb(xfs_mount_t *, __int64_t);
 extern struct xfs_buf *xfs_getsb(xfs_mount_t *, int);
 extern int	xfs_readsb(xfs_mount_t *, int);
 extern void	xfs_freesb(xfs_mount_t *);