diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 5e174685a77c..6264daaab37b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ xfs_validate_sb_write(
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
 
-	if (xfs_sb_has_ro_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
+	if (!xfs_is_readonly(mp) &&
+	    xfs_sb_has_ro_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
 		xfs_alert(mp,
 "Corruption detected in superblock read-only compatible features (0x%x)!",
 			(sbp->sb_features_ro_compat &
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 360fe83a334f..f7f8292347ab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1642,8 +1642,11 @@ xfs_inode_needs_inactive(
 	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_mode == 0)
 		return false;
 
-	/* If this is a read-only mount, don't do this (would generate I/O) */
-	if (xfs_is_readonly(mp))
+	/*
+	 * If this is a read-only mount, don't do this (would generate I/O)
+	 * unless we're in log recovery and cleaning the iunlinked list.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_is_readonly(mp) && !xlog_recovery_needed(mp->m_log))
 		return false;
 
 	/* If the log isn't running, push inodes straight to reclaim. */
@@ -1703,8 +1706,11 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	mp = ip->i_mount;
 	ASSERT(!xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECOVERY));
 
-	/* If this is a read-only mount, don't do this (would generate I/O) */
-	if (xfs_is_readonly(mp))
+	/*
+	 * If this is a read-only mount, don't do this (would generate I/O)
+	 * unless we're in log recovery and cleaning the iunlinked list.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_is_readonly(mp) && !xlog_recovery_needed(mp->m_log))
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Metadata inodes require explicit resource cleanup. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 79004d193e54..51c100c86177 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -715,15 +715,7 @@ xfs_log_mount(
 	 * just worked.
 	 */
 	if (!xfs_has_norecovery(mp)) {
-		/*
-		 * log recovery ignores readonly state and so we need to clear
-		 * mount-based read only state so it can write to disk.
-		 */
-		bool	readonly = test_and_clear_bit(XFS_OPSTATE_READONLY,
-						&mp->m_opstate);
 		error = xlog_recover(log);
-		if (readonly)
-			set_bit(XFS_OPSTATE_READONLY, &mp->m_opstate);
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_warn(mp, "log mount/recovery failed: error %d",
 				error);
@@ -772,7 +764,6 @@ xfs_log_mount_finish(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	struct xlog		*log = mp->m_log;
-	bool			readonly;
 	int			error = 0;
 
 	if (xfs_has_norecovery(mp)) {
@@ -780,12 +771,6 @@ xfs_log_mount_finish(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * log recovery ignores readonly state and so we need to clear
-	 * mount-based read only state so it can write to disk.
-	 */
-	readonly = test_and_clear_bit(XFS_OPSTATE_READONLY, &mp->m_opstate);
-
 	/*
 	 * During the second phase of log recovery, we need iget and
 	 * iput to behave like they do for an active filesystem.
@@ -835,8 +820,6 @@ xfs_log_mount_finish(
 	xfs_buftarg_drain(mp->m_ddev_targp);
 
 	clear_bit(XLOG_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &log->l_opstate);
-	if (readonly)
-		set_bit(XFS_OPSTATE_READONLY, &mp->m_opstate);
 
 	/* Make sure the log is dead if we're returning failure. */
 	ASSERT(!error || xlog_is_shutdown(log));