diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 9ef9ed2..0988903 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
-#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_inum.h"
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
index 244be9c..8633521 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
index 53157d4..44a51a7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -2964,24 +2964,60 @@
 	*rlen = 0;
 }
 
-void
-xfs_alloc_busy_clear(
+static void
+xfs_alloc_busy_clear_one(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
 	struct xfs_busy_extent	*busyp)
 {
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
-
-	list_del_init(&busyp->list);
-
-	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, busyp->agno);
-	spin_lock(&pag->pagb_lock);
 	if (busyp->length) {
 		trace_xfs_alloc_busy_clear(mp, busyp->agno, busyp->bno,
 						busyp->length);
 		rb_erase(&busyp->rb_node, &pag->pagb_tree);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
-	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
+	list_del_init(&busyp->list);
 	kmem_free(busyp);
 }
+
+void
+xfs_alloc_busy_clear(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct list_head	*list)
+{
+	struct xfs_busy_extent	*busyp, *n;
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag = NULL;
+	xfs_agnumber_t		agno = NULLAGNUMBER;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(busyp, n, list, list) {
+		if (busyp->agno != agno) {
+			if (pag) {
+				spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+				xfs_perag_put(pag);
+			}
+			pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, busyp->agno);
+			spin_lock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+			agno = busyp->agno;
+		}
+
+		xfs_alloc_busy_clear_one(mp, pag, busyp);
+	}
+
+	if (pag) {
+		spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Callback for list_sort to sort busy extents by the AG they reside in.
+ */
+int
+xfs_busy_extent_ag_cmp(
+	void			*priv,
+	struct list_head	*a,
+	struct list_head	*b)
+{
+	return container_of(a, struct xfs_busy_extent, list)->agno -
+		container_of(b, struct xfs_busy_extent, list)->agno;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
index de5e27c..240ad28 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 	xfs_agblock_t bno, xfs_extlen_t len);
 
 void
-xfs_alloc_busy_clear(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_busy_extent *busyp);
+xfs_alloc_busy_clear(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct list_head *list);
 
 int
 xfs_alloc_busy_search(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno,
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@
 void
 xfs_alloc_busy_reuse(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno,
 	xfs_agblock_t fbno, xfs_extlen_t flen, bool userdata);
+
+int
+xfs_busy_extent_ag_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b);
+
+static inline void xfs_alloc_busy_sort(struct list_head *list)
+{
+	list_sort(NULL, list, xfs_busy_extent_ag_cmp);
+}
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index 9ca59be..7d56e88 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -361,13 +361,12 @@
 	int	abort)
 {
 	struct xfs_cil_ctx	*ctx = args;
-	struct xfs_busy_extent	*busyp, *n;
 
 	xfs_trans_committed_bulk(ctx->cil->xc_log->l_ailp, ctx->lv_chain,
 					ctx->start_lsn, abort);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(busyp, n, &ctx->busy_extents, list)
-		xfs_alloc_busy_clear(ctx->cil->xc_log->l_mp, busyp);
+	xfs_alloc_busy_sort(&ctx->busy_extents);
+	xfs_alloc_busy_clear(ctx->cil->xc_log->l_mp, &ctx->busy_extents);
 
 	spin_lock(&ctx->cil->xc_cil_lock);
 	list_del(&ctx->committing);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 7692279..d1f2485 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -608,10 +608,8 @@
 xfs_trans_free(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
-	struct xfs_busy_extent	*busyp, *n;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(busyp, n, &tp->t_busy, list)
-		xfs_alloc_busy_clear(tp->t_mountp, busyp);
+	xfs_alloc_busy_sort(&tp->t_busy);
+	xfs_alloc_busy_clear(tp->t_mountp, &tp->t_busy);
 
 	atomic_dec(&tp->t_mountp->m_active_trans);
 	xfs_trans_free_dqinfo(tp);