diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
index c269d704314d7d5afc0497985f46c936ea275f27..1c9fed76a356a42f5ce23ea645f1b6f353ec3293 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,18 @@ xfs_rtbitmap_blockcount(
 	return howmany_64(rtextents, NBBY * mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compute the maximum level number of the realtime summary file, as defined by
+ * mkfs.  The use of highbit32 on a 64-bit quantity is a historic artifact that
+ * prohibits correct use of rt volumes with more than 2^32 extents.
+ */
+uint8_t
+xfs_compute_rextslog(
+	xfs_rtbxlen_t		rtextents)
+{
+	return rtextents ? xfs_highbit32(rtextents) : 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Compute the number of rtbitmap words needed to populate every block of a
  * bitmap that is large enough to track the given number of rt extents.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.h
index c0637057d69c4816a9c7de41b82f9232a81d9e33..6e5bae324cc3763f55ff21569f30cade29e7da3a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.h
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ xfs_rtfree_extent(
 int xfs_rtfree_blocks(struct xfs_trans *tp, xfs_fsblock_t rtbno,
 		xfs_filblks_t rtlen);
 
+uint8_t xfs_compute_rextslog(xfs_rtbxlen_t rtextents);
+
 xfs_filblks_t xfs_rtbitmap_blockcount(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_rtbxlen_t
 		rtextents);
 unsigned long long xfs_rtbitmap_wordcount(struct xfs_mount *mp,
@@ -369,6 +371,7 @@ unsigned long long xfs_rtsummary_wordcount(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 # define xfs_rtsummary_read_buf(a,b)			(-ENOSYS)
 # define xfs_rtbuf_cache_relse(a)			(0)
 # define xfs_rtalloc_extent_is_free(m,t,s,l,i)		(-ENOSYS)
+# define xfs_compute_rextslog(rtx)			(0)
 static inline xfs_filblks_t
 xfs_rtbitmap_blockcount(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_rtbxlen_t rtextents)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 1f74d0cd161841b410311e2490e7759e194fdfab..df12bf82ed18f99062991165a924133abf2e2216 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "xfs_da_format.h"
 #include "xfs_health.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
+#include "xfs_rtbitmap.h"
 
 /*
  * Physical superblock buffer manipulations. Shared with libxfs in userspace.
@@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ xfs_validate_sb_common(
 				       NBBY * sbp->sb_blocksize);
 
 		if (sbp->sb_rextents != rexts ||
-		    sbp->sb_rextslog != xfs_highbit32(sbp->sb_rextents) ||
+		    sbp->sb_rextslog != xfs_compute_rextslog(rexts) ||
 		    sbp->sb_rbmblocks != rbmblocks) {
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 				"realtime geometry sanity check failed");
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
index 88c48de5c9c810c97e38170ecb4bf84fe42c7b35..7c5a50163d2dbab52404c5e1590197a444bd5115 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ xfs_growfs_rt(
 	nrextents = nrblocks;
 	do_div(nrextents, in->extsize);
 	nrbmblocks = xfs_rtbitmap_blockcount(mp, nrextents);
-	nrextslog = xfs_highbit32(nrextents);
+	nrextslog = xfs_compute_rextslog(nrextents);
 	nrsumlevels = nrextslog + 1;
 	nrsumblocks = xfs_rtsummary_blockcount(mp, nrsumlevels, nrbmblocks);
 	nrsumsize = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, nrsumblocks);
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ xfs_growfs_rt(
 		nsbp->sb_rblocks = min(nrblocks, nrblocks_step);
 		nsbp->sb_rextents = xfs_rtb_to_rtx(nmp, nsbp->sb_rblocks);
 		ASSERT(nsbp->sb_rextents != 0);
-		nsbp->sb_rextslog = xfs_highbit32(nsbp->sb_rextents);
+		nsbp->sb_rextslog = xfs_compute_rextslog(nsbp->sb_rextents);
 		nrsumlevels = nmp->m_rsumlevels = nsbp->sb_rextslog + 1;
 		nrsumblocks = xfs_rtsummary_blockcount(mp, nrsumlevels,
 				nsbp->sb_rbmblocks);