diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index a5a8dac334e8..441cee7fbb62 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -923,6 +923,37 @@ int btrfs_del_csums(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int find_next_csum_offset(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				 struct btrfs_path *path,
+				 u64 *next_offset)
+{
+	const u32 nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(path->nodes[0]);
+	struct btrfs_key found_key;
+	int slot = path->slots[0] + 1;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (nritems == 0 || slot >= nritems) {
+		ret = btrfs_next_leaf(root, path);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			return ret;
+		} else if (ret > 0) {
+			*next_offset = (u64)-1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		slot = path->slots[0];
+	}
+
+	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], &found_key, slot);
+
+	if (found_key.objectid != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_OBJECTID ||
+	    found_key.type != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_KEY)
+		*next_offset = (u64)-1;
+	else
+		*next_offset = found_key.offset;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int btrfs_csum_file_blocks(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root,
 			   struct btrfs_ordered_sum *sums)
@@ -938,7 +969,6 @@ int btrfs_csum_file_blocks(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	u64 total_bytes = 0;
 	u64 csum_offset;
 	u64 bytenr;
-	u32 nritems;
 	u32 ins_size;
 	int index = 0;
 	int found_next;
@@ -981,26 +1011,10 @@ again:
 			goto insert;
 		}
 	} else {
-		int slot = path->slots[0] + 1;
-		/* we didn't find a csum item, insert one */
-		nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(path->nodes[0]);
-		if (!nritems || (path->slots[0] >= nritems - 1)) {
-			ret = btrfs_next_leaf(root, path);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				goto out;
-			} else if (ret > 0) {
-				found_next = 1;
-				goto insert;
-			}
-			slot = path->slots[0];
-		}
-		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], &found_key, slot);
-		if (found_key.objectid != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_OBJECTID ||
-		    found_key.type != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_KEY) {
-			found_next = 1;
-			goto insert;
-		}
-		next_offset = found_key.offset;
+		/* We didn't find a csum item, insert one. */
+		ret = find_next_csum_offset(root, path, &next_offset);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
 		found_next = 1;
 		goto insert;
 	}
@@ -1056,8 +1070,48 @@ extend_csum:
 		tmp = sums->len - total_bytes;
 		tmp >>= fs_info->sectorsize_bits;
 		WARN_ON(tmp < 1);
+		extend_nr = max_t(int, 1, tmp);
+
+		/*
+		 * A log tree can already have checksum items with a subset of
+		 * the checksums we are trying to log. This can happen after
+		 * doing a sequence of partial writes into prealloc extents and
+		 * fsyncs in between, with a full fsync logging a larger subrange
+		 * of an extent for which a previous fast fsync logged a smaller
+		 * subrange. And this happens in particular due to merging file
+		 * extent items when we complete an ordered extent for a range
+		 * covered by a prealloc extent - this is done at
+		 * btrfs_mark_extent_written().
+		 *
+		 * So if we try to extend the previous checksum item, which has
+		 * a range that ends at the start of the range we want to insert,
+		 * make sure we don't extend beyond the start offset of the next
+		 * checksum item. If we are at the last item in the leaf, then
+		 * forget the optimization of extending and add a new checksum
+		 * item - it is not worth the complexity of releasing the path,
+		 * getting the first key for the next leaf, repeat the btree
+		 * search, etc, because log trees are temporary anyway and it
+		 * would only save a few bytes of leaf space.
+		 */
+		if (root->root_key.objectid == BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID) {
+			if (path->slots[0] + 1 >=
+			    btrfs_header_nritems(path->nodes[0])) {
+				ret = find_next_csum_offset(root, path, &next_offset);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto out;
+				found_next = 1;
+				goto insert;
+			}
+
+			ret = find_next_csum_offset(root, path, &next_offset);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+
+			tmp = (next_offset - bytenr) >> fs_info->sectorsize_bits;
+			if (tmp <= INT_MAX)
+				extend_nr = min_t(int, extend_nr, tmp);
+		}
 
-		extend_nr = max_t(int, 1, (int)tmp);
 		diff = (csum_offset + extend_nr) * csum_size;
 		diff = min(diff,
 			   MAX_CSUM_ITEMS(fs_info, csum_size) * csum_size);