diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
index b4164256993d..773cf4349428 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_iext_tree.c
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #include "xfs_format.h"
 #include "xfs_bit.h"
 #include "xfs_log_format.h"
-#include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_trans_resv.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
+#include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index f93370bd7b1e..12c79962f8c3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1697,6 +1697,10 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
 		return;
 
+	/* Metadata inodes require explicit resource cleanup. */
+	if (xfs_is_metadata_inode(ip))
+		return;
+
 	/* Try to clean out the cow blocks if there are any. */
 	if (xfs_inode_has_cow_data(ip))
 		xfs_reflink_cancel_cow_range(ip, 0, NULLFILEOFF, true);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 88ee4c3930ae..c2c26f8f4a81 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ static inline bool xfs_is_reflink_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 	return ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK;
 }
 
+static inline bool xfs_is_metadata_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+
+	return ip == mp->m_rbmip || ip == mp->m_rsumip ||
+		xfs_is_quota_inode(&mp->m_sb, ip->i_ino);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check if an inode has any data in the COW fork.  This might be often false
  * even for inodes with the reflink flag when there is no pending COW operation.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index 12be32f66dc1..0d050f8829ef 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "xfs_format.h"
 #include "xfs_log_format.h"
 #include "xfs_da_format.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_resv.h"
+#include "xfs_mount.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
 #include "xfs_acl.h"