diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 025b02e9799f..8959d011aafa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6992,7 +6992,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		drop_inode = 1;
 	} else {
 		struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
-		int ret;
 
 		err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 		if (err)
@@ -7007,12 +7006,7 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 				goto fail;
 		}
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-		ret = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(inode), NULL, parent,
-					 true, NULL);
-		if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT) {
-			err = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-			trans = NULL;
-		}
+		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(inode), NULL, parent);
 	}
 
 fail:
@@ -9699,27 +9693,19 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 	struct inode *new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct timespec64 ctime = current_time(old_inode);
-	struct dentry *parent;
 	u64 old_ino = btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(old_inode));
 	u64 new_ino = btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(new_inode));
 	u64 old_idx = 0;
 	u64 new_idx = 0;
 	int ret;
+	int ret2;
 	bool root_log_pinned = false;
 	bool dest_log_pinned = false;
-	struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx_root;
-	struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx_dest;
-	bool sync_log_root = false;
-	bool sync_log_dest = false;
-	bool commit_transaction = false;
 
 	/* we only allow rename subvolume link between subvolumes */
 	if (old_ino != BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID && root != dest)
 		return -EXDEV;
 
-	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx_root, old_inode);
-	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx_dest, new_inode);
-
 	/* close the race window with snapshot create/destroy ioctl */
 	if (old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID ||
 	    new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
@@ -9861,30 +9847,14 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 		BTRFS_I(new_inode)->dir_index = new_idx;
 
 	if (root_log_pinned) {
-		parent = new_dentry->d_parent;
-		ret = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode),
-					 BTRFS_I(old_dir), parent,
-					 false, &ctx_root);
-		if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC)
-			sync_log_root = true;
-		else if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT)
-			commit_transaction = true;
-		ret = 0;
+		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode), BTRFS_I(old_dir),
+				   new_dentry->d_parent);
 		btrfs_end_log_trans(root);
 		root_log_pinned = false;
 	}
 	if (dest_log_pinned) {
-		if (!commit_transaction) {
-			parent = old_dentry->d_parent;
-			ret = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(new_inode),
-						 BTRFS_I(new_dir), parent,
-						 false, &ctx_dest);
-			if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC)
-				sync_log_dest = true;
-			else if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT)
-				commit_transaction = true;
-			ret = 0;
-		}
+		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(new_inode), BTRFS_I(new_dir),
+				   old_dentry->d_parent);
 		btrfs_end_log_trans(dest);
 		dest_log_pinned = false;
 	}
@@ -9917,46 +9887,13 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 			dest_log_pinned = false;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!ret && sync_log_root && !commit_transaction) {
-		ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode)->root,
-				     &ctx_root);
-		if (ret)
-			commit_transaction = true;
-	}
-	if (!ret && sync_log_dest && !commit_transaction) {
-		ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, BTRFS_I(new_inode)->root,
-				     &ctx_dest);
-		if (ret)
-			commit_transaction = true;
-	}
-	if (commit_transaction) {
-		/*
-		 * We may have set commit_transaction when logging the new name
-		 * in the destination root, in which case we left the source
-		 * root context in the list of log contextes. So make sure we
-		 * remove it to avoid invalid memory accesses, since the context
-		 * was allocated in our stack frame.
-		 */
-		if (sync_log_root) {
-			mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex);
-			list_del_init(&ctx_root.list);
-			mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
-		}
-		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-	} else {
-		int ret2;
-
-		ret2 = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-		ret = ret ? ret : ret2;
-	}
+	ret2 = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+	ret = ret ? ret : ret2;
 out_notrans:
 	if (new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID ||
 	    old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		up_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
 
-	ASSERT(list_empty(&ctx_root.list));
-	ASSERT(list_empty(&ctx_dest.list));
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -10024,11 +9961,9 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct inode *old_inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
 	u64 index = 0;
 	int ret;
+	int ret2;
 	u64 old_ino = btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(old_inode));
 	bool log_pinned = false;
-	struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx;
-	bool sync_log = false;
-	bool commit_transaction = false;
 
 	if (btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(new_dir)) == BTRFS_EMPTY_SUBVOL_DIR_OBJECTID)
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -10178,17 +10113,8 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		BTRFS_I(old_inode)->dir_index = index;
 
 	if (log_pinned) {
-		struct dentry *parent = new_dentry->d_parent;
-
-		btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx, old_inode);
-		ret = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode),
-					 BTRFS_I(old_dir), parent,
-					 false, &ctx);
-		if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC)
-			sync_log = true;
-		else if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT)
-			commit_transaction = true;
-		ret = 0;
+		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode), BTRFS_I(old_dir),
+				   new_dentry->d_parent);
 		btrfs_end_log_trans(root);
 		log_pinned = false;
 	}
@@ -10225,23 +10151,8 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		btrfs_end_log_trans(root);
 		log_pinned = false;
 	}
-	if (!ret && sync_log) {
-		ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode)->root, &ctx);
-		if (ret)
-			commit_transaction = true;
-	} else if (sync_log) {
-		mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex);
-		list_del(&ctx.list);
-		mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
-	}
-	if (commit_transaction) {
-		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-	} else {
-		int ret2;
-
-		ret2 = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-		ret = ret ? ret : ret2;
-	}
+	ret2 = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+	ret = ret ? ret : ret2;
 out_notrans:
 	if (old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		up_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index dcbdd0ebea83..53607156b008 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int start_log_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
 	atomic_inc(&root->log_writers);
-	if (ctx) {
+	if (ctx && !ctx->logging_new_name) {
 		int index = root->log_transid % 2;
 		list_add_tail(&ctx->list, &root->log_ctxs[index]);
 		ctx->log_transid = root->log_transid;
@@ -5379,19 +5379,34 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't update last_log_commit if we logged that an inode exists after
-	 * it was loaded to memory (full_sync bit set).
-	 * This is to prevent data loss when we do a write to the inode, then
-	 * the inode gets evicted after all delalloc was flushed, then we log
-	 * it exists (due to a rename for example) and then fsync it. This last
-	 * fsync would do nothing (not logging the extents previously written).
+	 * If we are logging that an ancestor inode exists as part of logging a
+	 * new name from a link or rename operation, don't mark the inode as
+	 * logged - otherwise if an explicit fsync is made against an ancestor,
+	 * the fsync considers the inode in the log and doesn't sync the log,
+	 * resulting in the ancestor missing after a power failure unless the
+	 * log was synced as part of an fsync against any other unrelated inode.
+	 * So keep it simple for this case and just don't flag the ancestors as
+	 * logged.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&inode->lock);
-	inode->logged_trans = trans->transid;
-	if (inode_only != LOG_INODE_EXISTS ||
-	    !test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC, &inode->runtime_flags))
-		inode->last_log_commit = inode->last_sub_trans;
-	spin_unlock(&inode->lock);
+	if (!ctx ||
+	    !(S_ISDIR(inode->vfs_inode.i_mode) && ctx->logging_new_name &&
+	      &inode->vfs_inode != ctx->inode)) {
+		spin_lock(&inode->lock);
+		inode->logged_trans = trans->transid;
+		/*
+		 * Don't update last_log_commit if we logged that an inode exists
+		 * after it was loaded to memory (full_sync bit set).
+		 * This is to prevent data loss when we do a write to the inode,
+		 * then the inode gets evicted after all delalloc was flushed,
+		 * then we log it exists (due to a rename for example) and then
+		 * fsync it. This last fsync would do nothing (not logging the
+		 * extents previously written).
+		 */
+		if (inode_only != LOG_INODE_EXISTS ||
+		    !test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC, &inode->runtime_flags))
+			inode->last_log_commit = inode->last_sub_trans;
+		spin_unlock(&inode->lock);
+	}
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->log_mutex);
 
@@ -6417,26 +6432,13 @@ void btrfs_record_snapshot_destroy(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 /*
  * Call this after adding a new name for a file and it will properly
  * update the log to reflect the new name.
- *
- * @ctx can not be NULL when @sync_log is false, and should be NULL when it's
- * true (because it's not used).
- *
- * Return value depends on whether @sync_log is true or false.
- * When true: returns BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT if the transaction needs to be
- *            committed by the caller, and BTRFS_DONT_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT
- *            otherwise.
- * When false: returns BTRFS_DONT_NEED_LOG_SYNC if the caller does not need to
- *             sync the log, BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC if it needs to sync the log,
- *             or BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT if the transaction needs to be
- *             committed (without attempting to sync the log).
  */
-int btrfs_log_new_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+void btrfs_log_new_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct btrfs_inode *old_dir,
-			struct dentry *parent,
-			bool sync_log, struct btrfs_log_ctx *ctx)
+			struct dentry *parent)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = trans->fs_info;
-	int ret;
+	struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx;
 
 	/*
 	 * this will force the logging code to walk the dentry chain
@@ -6451,34 +6453,18 @@ int btrfs_log_new_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 */
 	if (inode->logged_trans <= fs_info->last_trans_committed &&
 	    (!old_dir || old_dir->logged_trans <= fs_info->last_trans_committed))
-		return sync_log ? BTRFS_DONT_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT :
-			BTRFS_DONT_NEED_LOG_SYNC;
-
-	if (sync_log) {
-		struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx2;
-
-		btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx2, &inode->vfs_inode);
-		ret = btrfs_log_inode_parent(trans, inode, parent, 0, LLONG_MAX,
-					     LOG_INODE_EXISTS, &ctx2);
-		if (ret == BTRFS_NO_LOG_SYNC)
-			return BTRFS_DONT_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT;
-		else if (ret)
-			return BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT;
-
-		ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, inode->root, &ctx2);
-		if (ret)
-			return BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT;
-		return BTRFS_DONT_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT;
-	}
-
-	ASSERT(ctx);
-	ret = btrfs_log_inode_parent(trans, inode, parent, 0, LLONG_MAX,
-				     LOG_INODE_EXISTS, ctx);
-	if (ret == BTRFS_NO_LOG_SYNC)
-		return BTRFS_DONT_NEED_LOG_SYNC;
-	else if (ret)
-		return BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT;
+		return;
 
-	return BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC;
+	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx, &inode->vfs_inode);
+	ctx.logging_new_name = true;
+	/*
+	 * We don't care about the return value. If we fail to log the new name
+	 * then we know the next attempt to sync the log will fallback to a full
+	 * transaction commit (due to a call to btrfs_set_log_full_commit()), so
+	 * we don't need to worry about getting a log committed that has an
+	 * inconsistent state after a rename operation.
+	 */
+	btrfs_log_inode_parent(trans, inode, parent, 0, LLONG_MAX,
+			       LOG_INODE_EXISTS, &ctx);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
index 132e43d29034..ddfc6789d9bf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct btrfs_log_ctx {
 	int log_ret;
 	int log_transid;
 	bool log_new_dentries;
+	bool logging_new_name;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct list_head list;
 };
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ static inline void btrfs_init_log_ctx(struct btrfs_log_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->log_ret = 0;
 	ctx->log_transid = 0;
 	ctx->log_new_dentries = false;
+	ctx->logging_new_name = false;
 	ctx->inode = inode;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->list);
 }
@@ -67,16 +69,8 @@ void btrfs_record_unlink_dir(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			     int for_rename);
 void btrfs_record_snapshot_destroy(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   struct btrfs_inode *dir);
-/* Return values for btrfs_log_new_name() */
-enum {
-	BTRFS_DONT_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT,
-	BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT,
-	BTRFS_DONT_NEED_LOG_SYNC,
-	BTRFS_NEED_LOG_SYNC,
-};
-int btrfs_log_new_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+void btrfs_log_new_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct btrfs_inode *old_dir,
-			struct dentry *parent,
-			bool sync_log, struct btrfs_log_ctx *ctx);
+			struct dentry *parent);
 
 #endif
