diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 8e2010d53b07..b5cb61ecd5bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -948,14 +948,16 @@ xfs_bmap_local_to_extents(
 	bp = xfs_btree_get_bufl(args.mp, tp, args.fsbno, 0);
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialise the block and copy the data
+	 * Initialize the block, copy the data and log the remote buffer.
 	 *
-	 * Note: init_fn must set the buffer log item type correctly!
+	 * The callout is responsible for logging because the remote format
+	 * might differ from the local format and thus we don't know how much to
+	 * log here. Note that init_fn must also set the buffer log item type
+	 * correctly.
 	 */
 	init_fn(tp, bp, ip, ifp);
 
-	/* account for the change in fork size and log everything */
-	xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, 0, ifp->if_bytes - 1);
+	/* account for the change in fork size */
 	xfs_idata_realloc(ip, -ifp->if_bytes, whichfork);
 	xfs_bmap_local_to_extents_empty(ip, whichfork);
 	flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
index 8f8af05b3f13..b9884aab46d3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ xfs_symlink_local_to_remote(
 	if (!xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&mp->m_sb)) {
 		bp->b_ops = NULL;
 		memcpy(bp->b_addr, ifp->if_u1.if_data, ifp->if_bytes);
+		xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, 0, ifp->if_bytes - 1);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -198,4 +199,6 @@ xfs_symlink_local_to_remote(
 	buf = bp->b_addr;
 	buf += xfs_symlink_hdr_set(mp, ip->i_ino, 0, ifp->if_bytes, bp);
 	memcpy(buf, ifp->if_u1.if_data, ifp->if_bytes);
+	xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, 0, sizeof(struct xfs_dsymlink_hdr) +
+					ifp->if_bytes - 1);
 }