diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index bf89eb97fefd..704f0959e9c6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -3391,24 +3391,17 @@ xfs_log_ticket_get(
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate and initialise a new log ticket.
+ * Figure out the total log space unit (in bytes) that would be
+ * required for a log ticket.
  */
-struct xlog_ticket *
-xlog_ticket_alloc(
-	struct xlog	*log,
-	int		unit_bytes,
-	int		cnt,
-	char		client,
-	bool		permanent,
-	xfs_km_flags_t	alloc_flags)
+int
+xfs_log_calc_unit_res(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	int			unit_bytes)
 {
-	struct xlog_ticket *tic;
-	uint		num_headers;
-	int		iclog_space;
-
-	tic = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, alloc_flags);
-	if (!tic)
-		return NULL;
+	struct xlog		*log = mp->m_log;
+	int			iclog_space;
+	uint			num_headers;
 
 	/*
 	 * Permanent reservations have up to 'cnt'-1 active log operations
@@ -3483,20 +3476,43 @@ xlog_ticket_alloc(
 	unit_bytes += log->l_iclog_hsize;
 
 	/* for roundoff padding for transaction data and one for commit record */
-	if (xfs_sb_version_haslogv2(&log->l_mp->m_sb) &&
-	    log->l_mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit > 1) {
+	if (xfs_sb_version_haslogv2(&mp->m_sb) && mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit > 1) {
 		/* log su roundoff */
-		unit_bytes += 2*log->l_mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit;
+		unit_bytes += 2 * mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit;
 	} else {
 		/* BB roundoff */
-		unit_bytes += 2*BBSIZE;
+		unit_bytes += 2 * BBSIZE;
         }
 
+	return unit_bytes;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate and initialise a new log ticket.
+ */
+struct xlog_ticket *
+xlog_ticket_alloc(
+	struct xlog		*log,
+	int			unit_bytes,
+	int			cnt,
+	char			client,
+	bool			permanent,
+	xfs_km_flags_t		alloc_flags)
+{
+	struct xlog_ticket	*tic;
+	int			unit_res;
+
+	tic = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, alloc_flags);
+	if (!tic)
+		return NULL;
+
+	unit_res = xfs_log_calc_unit_res(log->l_mp, unit_bytes);
+
 	atomic_set(&tic->t_ref, 1);
 	tic->t_task		= current;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tic->t_queue);
-	tic->t_unit_res		= unit_bytes;
-	tic->t_curr_res		= unit_bytes;
+	tic->t_unit_res		= unit_res;
+	tic->t_curr_res		= unit_res;
 	tic->t_cnt		= cnt;
 	tic->t_ocnt		= cnt;
 	tic->t_tid		= prandom_u32();
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_format.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_format.h
index 198381eca1f8..cc08f597593c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_format.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef	__XFS_LOG_FORMAT_H__
 #define __XFS_LOG_FORMAT_H__
 
+struct xfs_mount;
+
 /*
  * On-disk Log Format definitions.
  *
@@ -834,4 +836,6 @@ struct xfs_icreate_log {
 	__be32		icl_gen;	/* inode generation number to use */
 };
 
+int	xfs_log_calc_unit_res(struct xfs_mount *mp, int unit_bytes);
+
 #endif /* __XFS_LOG_FORMAT_H__ */