diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 08d4fe46f0fa..7ce278d66577 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ xfs_log_mount(
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_warn(mp, "log mount/recovery failed: error %d",
 				error);
+			xlog_recover_cancel(mp->m_log);
 			goto out_destroy_ail;
 		}
 	}
@@ -740,18 +741,35 @@ out:
  * it.
  */
 int
-xfs_log_mount_finish(xfs_mount_t *mp)
+xfs_log_mount_finish(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	int	error = 0;
 
-	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY)) {
-		error = xlog_recover_finish(mp->m_log);
-		if (!error)
-			xfs_log_work_queue(mp);
-	} else {
+	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY) {
 		ASSERT(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
+	error = xlog_recover_finish(mp->m_log);
+	if (!error)
+		xfs_log_work_queue(mp);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The mount has failed. Cancel the recovery if it hasn't completed and destroy
+ * the log.
+ */
+int
+xfs_log_mount_cancel(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
+{
+	int			error;
+
+	error = xlog_recover_cancel(mp->m_log);
+	xfs_log_unmount(mp);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index fa27aaec72cb..09d91d3166cd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ int	  xfs_log_mount(struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 			xfs_daddr_t		start_block,
 			int		 	num_bblocks);
 int	  xfs_log_mount_finish(struct xfs_mount *mp);
+int	xfs_log_mount_cancel(struct xfs_mount *);
 xfs_lsn_t xlog_assign_tail_lsn(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 xfs_lsn_t xlog_assign_tail_lsn_locked(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void	  xfs_log_space_wake(struct xfs_mount *mp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index 1c87c8abfbed..950f3f94720c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ xlog_recover(
 extern int
 xlog_recover_finish(
 	struct xlog		*log);
+extern int
+xlog_recover_cancel(struct xlog *);
 
 extern __le32	 xlog_cksum(struct xlog *log, struct xlog_rec_header *rhead,
 			    char *dp, int size);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 05c0cc83f9a4..fd1ae47de511 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -3791,10 +3791,10 @@ abort_error:
  */
 STATIC int
 xlog_recover_process_efis(
-	struct xlog	*log)
+	struct xlog		*log)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
-	xfs_efi_log_item_t	*efip;
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+	struct xfs_efi_log_item	*efip;
 	int			error = 0;
 	struct xfs_ail_cursor	cur;
 	struct xfs_ail		*ailp;
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_efis(
 		/*
 		 * Skip EFIs that we've already processed.
 		 */
-		efip = (xfs_efi_log_item_t *)lip;
+		efip = container_of(lip, struct xfs_efi_log_item, efi_item);
 		if (test_bit(XFS_EFI_RECOVERED, &efip->efi_flags)) {
 			lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(ailp, &cur);
 			continue;
@@ -3837,6 +3837,50 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A cancel occurs when the mount has failed and we're bailing out. Release all
+ * pending EFIs so they don't pin the AIL.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xlog_recover_cancel_efis(
+	struct xlog		*log)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+	struct xfs_efi_log_item	*efip;
+	int			error = 0;
+	struct xfs_ail_cursor	cur;
+	struct xfs_ail		*ailp;
+
+	ailp = log->l_ailp;
+	spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(ailp, &cur, 0);
+	while (lip != NULL) {
+		/*
+		 * We're done when we see something other than an EFI.
+		 * There should be no EFIs left in the AIL now.
+		 */
+		if (lip->li_type != XFS_LI_EFI) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+			for (; lip; lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(ailp, &cur))
+				ASSERT(lip->li_type != XFS_LI_EFI);
+#endif
+			break;
+		}
+
+		efip = container_of(lip, struct xfs_efi_log_item, efi_item);
+
+		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+		xfs_efi_release(efip);
+		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+
+		lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(ailp, &cur);
+	}
+
+	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(&cur);
+	spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+	return error;
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine performs a transaction to null out a bad inode pointer
  * in an agi unlinked inode hash bucket.
@@ -4610,6 +4654,17 @@ xlog_recover_finish(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+xlog_recover_cancel(
+	struct xlog	*log)
+{
+	int		error = 0;
+
+	if (log->l_flags & XLOG_RECOVERY_NEEDED)
+		error = xlog_recover_cancel_efis(log);
+
+	return error;
+}
 
 #if defined(DEBUG)
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 461e791efad7..4825a8a0a506 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -615,14 +615,14 @@ xfs_default_resblks(xfs_mount_t *mp)
  */
 int
 xfs_mountfs(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
-	xfs_sb_t	*sbp = &(mp->m_sb);
-	xfs_inode_t	*rip;
-	__uint64_t	resblks;
-	uint		quotamount = 0;
-	uint		quotaflags = 0;
-	int		error = 0;
+	struct xfs_sb		*sbp = &(mp->m_sb);
+	struct xfs_inode	*rip;
+	__uint64_t		resblks;
+	uint			quotamount = 0;
+	uint			quotaflags = 0;
+	int			error = 0;
 
 	xfs_sb_mount_common(mp, sbp);
 
@@ -799,7 +799,9 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * log's mount-time initialization. Perform 1st part recovery if needed
+	 * Log's mount-time initialization. The first part of recovery can place
+	 * some items on the AIL, to be handled when recovery is finished or
+	 * cancelled.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_log_mount(mp, mp->m_logdev_targp,
 			      XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, sbp->sb_logstart),
@@ -910,9 +912,9 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Finish recovering the file system.  This part needed to be
-	 * delayed until after the root and real-time bitmap inodes
-	 * were consistently read in.
+	 * Finish recovering the file system.  This part needed to be delayed
+	 * until after the root and real-time bitmap inodes were consistently
+	 * read in.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_log_mount_finish(mp);
 	if (error) {
@@ -956,7 +958,7 @@ xfs_mountfs(
  out_rele_rip:
 	IRELE(rip);
  out_log_dealloc:
-	xfs_log_unmount(mp);
+	xfs_log_mount_cancel(mp);
  out_fail_wait:
 	if (mp->m_logdev_targp && mp->m_logdev_targp != mp->m_ddev_targp)
 		xfs_wait_buftarg(mp->m_logdev_targp);