diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index 766f365..c65c93d 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
 	ASSERT(args->agbno % args->alignment == 0);
 
 	/* if not file data, insert new block into the reverse map btree */
-	if (args->oinfo.oi_owner != XFS_RMAP_OWN_UNKNOWN) {
+	if (!xfs_rmap_should_skip_owner_update(&args->oinfo)) {
 		error = xfs_rmap_alloc(args->tp, args->agbp, args->agno,
 				       args->agbno, args->len, &args->oinfo);
 		if (error)
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@
 	bno_cur = cnt_cur = NULL;
 	mp = tp->t_mountp;
 
-	if (oinfo->oi_owner != XFS_RMAP_OWN_UNKNOWN) {
+	if (!xfs_rmap_should_skip_owner_update(oinfo)) {
 		error = xfs_rmap_free(tp, agbp, agno, bno, len, oinfo);
 		if (error)
 			goto error0;
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_rmap.c b/libxfs/xfs_rmap.c
index c0f5892..9abc6b1 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_rmap.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_rmap.c
@@ -442,6 +442,30 @@
 		goto out_done;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're doing an unknown-owner removal for EFI recovery, we expect
+	 * to find the full range in the rmapbt or nothing at all.  If we
+	 * don't find any rmaps overlapping either end of the range, we're
+	 * done.  Hopefully this means that the EFI creator already queued
+	 * (and finished) a RUI to remove the rmap.
+	 */
+	if (owner == XFS_RMAP_OWN_UNKNOWN &&
+	    ltrec.rm_startblock + ltrec.rm_blockcount <= bno) {
+		struct xfs_rmap_irec    rtrec;
+
+		error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &i);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		if (i == 0)
+			goto out_done;
+		error = xfs_rmap_get_rec(cur, &rtrec, &i);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(mp, i == 1, out_error);
+		if (rtrec.rm_startblock >= bno + len)
+			goto out_done;
+	}
+
 	/* Make sure the unwritten flag matches. */
 	XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(mp, (flags & XFS_RMAP_UNWRITTEN) ==
 			(ltrec.rm_flags & XFS_RMAP_UNWRITTEN), out_error);
@@ -662,6 +686,7 @@
 		flags |= XFS_RMAP_UNWRITTEN;
 	trace_xfs_rmap_map(mp, cur->bc_private.a.agno, bno, len,
 			unwritten, oinfo);
+	ASSERT(!xfs_rmap_should_skip_owner_update(oinfo));
 
 	/*
 	 * For the initial lookup, look for an exact match or the left-adjacent
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_rmap.h b/libxfs/xfs_rmap.h
index 466ede6..0fcd5b1 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_rmap.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_rmap.h
@@ -61,7 +61,21 @@
 xfs_rmap_skip_owner_update(
 	struct xfs_owner_info	*oi)
 {
-	oi->oi_owner = XFS_RMAP_OWN_UNKNOWN;
+	xfs_rmap_ag_owner(oi, XFS_RMAP_OWN_NULL);
+}
+
+static inline bool
+xfs_rmap_should_skip_owner_update(
+	struct xfs_owner_info	*oi)
+{
+	return oi->oi_owner == XFS_RMAP_OWN_NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void
+xfs_rmap_any_owner_update(
+	struct xfs_owner_info	*oi)
+{
+	xfs_rmap_ag_owner(oi, XFS_RMAP_OWN_UNKNOWN);
 }
 
 /* Reverse mapping functions. */