diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 7756cdf..aa1923b 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -575,6 +575,11 @@
 	dfc->dfc_blkres = tp->t_blk_res - tp->t_blk_res_used;
 	tp->t_blk_res = tp->t_blk_res_used;
 
+	/* Preserve the transaction reservation type. */
+	dfc->dfc_tres.tr_logres = tp->t_log_res;
+	dfc->dfc_tres.tr_logcount = tp->t_log_count;
+	dfc->dfc_tres.tr_logflags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
+
 	return dfc;
 }
 
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_defer.h b/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
index 999adbb..063276c 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_defer.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 	struct list_head	dfc_dfops;
 	unsigned int		dfc_tpflags;
 	unsigned int		dfc_blkres;
+	struct xfs_trans_res	dfc_tres;
 };
 
 /*