diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 98c6f73b6752..6f8c21ce0d6d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -427,13 +427,15 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin(
 
 		if (remove) {
 			/*
-			 * We have to remove the log item from the transaction
-			 * as we are about to release our reference to the
-			 * buffer.  If we don't, the unlock that occurs later
-			 * in xfs_trans_uncommit() will ry to reference the
+			 * If we are in a transaction context, we have to
+			 * remove the log item from the transaction as we are
+			 * about to release our reference to the buffer.  If we
+			 * don't, the unlock that occurs later in
+			 * xfs_trans_uncommit() will try to reference the
 			 * buffer which we no longer have a hold on.
 			 */
-			xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
+			if (lip->li_desc)
+				xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
 
 			/*
 			 * Since the transaction no longer refers to the buffer,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index 75f2ef60e579..d22e62623437 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ xfs_efi_item_unpin(
 
 	if (remove) {
 		ASSERT(!(lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL));
-		xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
+		if (lip->li_desc)
+			xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
 		xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 33dbc4e0ad62..29f5e5424897 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -1446,6 +1446,14 @@ xfs_log_item_batch_insert(
  * Bulk operation version of xfs_trans_committed that takes a log vector of
  * items to insert into the AIL. This uses bulk AIL insertion techniques to
  * minimise lock traffic.
+ *
+ * If we are called with the aborted flag set, it is because a log write during
+ * a CIL checkpoint commit has failed. In this case, all the items in the
+ * checkpoint have already gone through IOP_COMMITED and IOP_UNLOCK, which
+ * means that checkpoint commit abort handling is treated exactly the same
+ * as an iclog write error even though we haven't started any IO yet. Hence in
+ * this case all we need to do is IOP_COMMITTED processing, followed by an
+ * IOP_UNPIN(aborted) call.
  */
 void
 xfs_trans_committed_bulk(
@@ -1472,6 +1480,16 @@ xfs_trans_committed_bulk(
 		if (XFS_LSN_CMP(item_lsn, (xfs_lsn_t)-1) == 0)
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * if we are aborting the operation, no point in inserting the
+		 * object into the AIL as we are in a shutdown situation.
+		 */
+		if (aborted) {
+			ASSERT(XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount));
+			IOP_UNPIN(lip, 1);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (item_lsn != commit_lsn) {
 
 			/*
@@ -1503,20 +1521,24 @@ xfs_trans_committed_bulk(
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from the trans_commit code when we notice that
- * the filesystem is in the middle of a forced shutdown.
+ * Called from the trans_commit code when we notice that the filesystem is in
+ * the middle of a forced shutdown.
+ *
+ * When we are called here, we have already pinned all the items in the
+ * transaction. However, neither IOP_COMMITTING or IOP_UNLOCK has been called
+ * so we can simply walk the items in the transaction, unpin them with an abort
+ * flag and then free the items. Note that unpinning the items can result in
+ * them being freed immediately, so we need to use a safe list traversal method
+ * here.
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_trans_uncommit(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
 	uint			flags)
 {
-	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp, *n;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
-		/*
-		 * Unpin all but those that aren't dirty.
-		 */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(lidp, n, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		if (lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY)
 			IOP_UNPIN(lidp->lid_item, 1);
 	}