diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 93f7a3f750d3..b5aafc395ea1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -981,8 +981,6 @@ xfs_fs_put_super(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(sb);
 
-	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
-
 	/*
 	 * Blow away any referenced inode in the filestreams cache.
 	 * This can and will cause log traffic as inodes go inactive
@@ -993,6 +991,7 @@ xfs_fs_put_super(
 	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
 
 	xfs_unmountfs(mp);
+	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
 	xfs_freesb(mp);
 	xfs_icsb_destroy_counters(mp);
 	xfs_destroy_mount_workqueues(mp);
@@ -1362,31 +1361,32 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 	set_posix_acl_flag(sb);
 
-	error = xfs_mountfs(mp);
+	error = xfs_syncd_init(mp);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_filestream_unmount;
 
-	error = xfs_syncd_init(mp);
+	error = xfs_mountfs(mp);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_unmount;
+		goto out_syncd_stop;
 
 	root = igrab(VFS_I(mp->m_rootip));
 	if (!root) {
 		error = ENOENT;
-		goto out_syncd_stop;
+		goto out_unmount;
 	}
 	if (is_bad_inode(root)) {
 		error = EINVAL;
-		goto out_syncd_stop;
+		goto out_unmount;
 	}
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		error = ENOMEM;
-		goto out_syncd_stop;
+		goto out_unmount;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
+ out_syncd_stop:
+	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
  out_filestream_unmount:
 	xfs_filestream_unmount(mp);
  out_free_sb:
@@ -1403,8 +1403,6 @@ out_destroy_workqueues:
  out:
 	return -error;
 
- out_syncd_stop:
-	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
  out_unmount:
 	/*
 	 * Blow away any referenced inode in the filestreams cache.
@@ -1416,6 +1414,7 @@ out_destroy_workqueues:
 	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
 
 	xfs_unmountfs(mp);
+	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
 	goto out_free_sb;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
index 205ebcb34d9e..c318d8a4a631 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
@@ -460,7 +460,15 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
 					struct xfs_mount, m_sync_work);
 	int		error;
 
-	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
+	/*
+	 * We shouldn't write/force the log if we are in the mount/unmount
+	 * process or on a read only filesystem. The workqueue still needs to be
+	 * active in both cases, however, because it is used for inode reclaim
+	 * during these times. hence use the MS_ACTIVE flag to avoid doing
+	 * anything in these periods.
+	 */
+	if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) &&
+	    !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
 		/* dgc: errors ignored here */
 		if (mp->m_super->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN &&
 		    xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
@@ -488,14 +496,6 @@ xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(
 	struct xfs_mount        *mp)
 {
 
-	/*
-	 * We can have inodes enter reclaim after we've shut down the syncd
-	 * workqueue during unmount, so don't allow reclaim work to be queued
-	 * during unmount.
-	 */
-	if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
-		return;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (radix_tree_tagged(&mp->m_perag_tree, XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG)) {
 		queue_delayed_work(xfs_syncd_wq, &mp->m_reclaim_work,
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ xfs_syncd_init(
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_reclaim_work, xfs_reclaim_worker);
 
 	xfs_syncd_queue_sync(mp);
-	xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(mp);
 
 	return 0;
 }