diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index a54d354cefcb..c71abec0ab90 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -128,12 +128,14 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	u64 last_unlink_trans;
 
 	/*
-	 * These two counters are for delalloc metadata reservations.  We keep
-	 * track of how many extents we've accounted for vs how many extents we
-	 * have.
+	 * Counters to keep track of the number of extent item's we may use due
+	 * to delalloc and such.  outstanding_extents is the number of extent
+	 * items we think we'll end up using, and reserved_extents is the number
+	 * of extent items we've reserved metadata for.
 	 */
-	int delalloc_reserved_extents;
-	int delalloc_extents;
+	spinlock_t accounting_lock;
+	int reserved_extents;
+	int outstanding_extents;
 
 	/*
 	 * ordered_data_close is set by truncate when a file that used
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 1b920ffc6a59..dbdada569507 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ struct btrfs_space_info {
 
 	int allocating_chunk;
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+
+	int flushing;
+	wait_queue_head_t flush_wait;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 2f82fabd7011..3d1be0b77f8f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2823,14 +2823,17 @@ int btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
 					   num_items);
 
 	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents <=
-	    BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents) {
+	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents <=
+	    BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents) {
+		spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 
-	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents--;
-	BUG_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents < 0);
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents--;
+	BUG_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents < 0);
 
 	if (meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc < num_bytes) {
 		bug = true;
@@ -2863,6 +2866,37 @@ static void check_force_delalloc(struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo)
 		meta_sinfo->force_delalloc = 0;
 }
 
+static void flush_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				 struct btrfs_space_info *info)
+{
+	bool wait = false;
+
+	spin_lock(&info->lock);
+
+	if (!info->flushing) {
+		info->flushing = 1;
+		init_waitqueue_head(&info->flush_wait);
+	} else {
+		wait = true;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+
+	if (wait) {
+		wait_event(info->flush_wait,
+			   !info->flushing);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
+	btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0);
+
+	spin_lock(&info->lock);
+	info->flushing = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+	wake_up(&info->flush_wait);
+}
+
 static int maybe_allocate_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				 struct btrfs_space_info *info)
 {
@@ -2980,21 +3014,20 @@ again:
 			filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
 			goto again;
 		} else if (flushed == 3) {
-			btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
-			btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0);
+			flush_delalloc(root, meta_sinfo);
 			goto again;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
 		meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc -= num_bytes;
 		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "enospc, has %d, reserved %d\n",
-		       BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents,
-		       BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents);
+		       BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents,
+		       BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents);
 		dump_space_info(meta_sinfo, 0, 0);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
-	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents++;
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents++;
 	check_force_delalloc(meta_sinfo);
 	spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
 
@@ -3093,8 +3126,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		if (retries == 2) {
-			btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
-			btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0);
+			flush_delalloc(root, meta_sinfo);
 			goto again;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index f9708bd01669..96577e8bf9fd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ static int clear_state_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			    struct extent_state *state, int bits, int wake,
 			    int delete)
 {
-	int ret = state->state & bits;
+	int bits_to_clear = bits & ~EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING;
+	int ret = state->state & bits_to_clear;
 
 	if ((bits & EXTENT_DIRTY) && (state->state & EXTENT_DIRTY)) {
 		u64 range = state->end - state->start + 1;
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ static int clear_state_bit(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 		tree->dirty_bytes -= range;
 	}
 	clear_state_cb(tree, state, bits);
-	state->state &= ~bits;
+	state->state &= ~bits_to_clear;
 	if (wake)
 		wake_up(&state->wq);
 	if (delete || state->state == 0) {
@@ -956,7 +957,8 @@ int clear_extent_dirty(struct extent_io_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 end,
 		       gfp_t mask)
 {
 	return clear_extent_bit(tree, start, end,
-				EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC, 0, 0,
+				EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
+				EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING, 0, 0,
 				NULL, mask);
 }
 
@@ -1419,9 +1421,13 @@ int extent_clear_unlock_delalloc(struct inode *inode,
 	if (op & EXTENT_CLEAR_DELALLOC)
 		clear_bits |= EXTENT_DELALLOC;
 
+	if (op & EXTENT_CLEAR_ACCOUNTING)
+		clear_bits |= EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING;
+
 	clear_extent_bit(tree, start, end, clear_bits, 1, 0, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!(op & (EXTENT_CLEAR_UNLOCK_PAGE | EXTENT_CLEAR_DIRTY | EXTENT_SET_WRITEBACK |
-		    EXTENT_END_WRITEBACK | EXTENT_SET_PRIVATE2)))
+	if (!(op & (EXTENT_CLEAR_UNLOCK_PAGE | EXTENT_CLEAR_DIRTY |
+		    EXTENT_SET_WRITEBACK | EXTENT_END_WRITEBACK |
+		    EXTENT_SET_PRIVATE2)))
 		return 0;
 
 	while (nr_pages > 0) {
@@ -2709,7 +2715,8 @@ int extent_invalidatepage(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	lock_extent(tree, start, end, GFP_NOFS);
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	clear_extent_bit(tree, start, end,
-			 EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC,
+			 EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
+			 EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING,
 			 1, 1, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index 41d2a47ecf38..36de250a7b2b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define EXTENT_BUFFER_FILLED (1 << 8)
 #define EXTENT_BOUNDARY (1 << 9)
 #define EXTENT_NODATASUM (1 << 10)
+#define EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING (1 << 11)
 #define EXTENT_IOBITS (EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_WRITEBACK)
 
 /* flags for bio submission */
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 #define EXTENT_SET_WRITEBACK	 0x10
 #define EXTENT_END_WRITEBACK	 0x20
 #define EXTENT_SET_PRIVATE2	 0x40
+#define EXTENT_CLEAR_ACCOUNTING  0x80
 
 /*
  * page->private values.  Every page that is controlled by the extent
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index f155179877a6..53fb1c997f0e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ again:
 			btrfs_put_ordered_extent(ordered);
 
 		clear_extent_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, start_pos,
-				  last_pos - 1, EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC,
+				  last_pos - 1, EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
+				  EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING,
 				  GFP_NOFS);
 		unlock_extent(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree,
 			      start_pos, last_pos - 1, GFP_NOFS);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 401dfb2a94e8..ccc4f1121210 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ again:
 			     start, end, NULL,
 			     EXTENT_CLEAR_UNLOCK_PAGE | EXTENT_CLEAR_DIRTY |
 			     EXTENT_CLEAR_DELALLOC |
+			     EXTENT_CLEAR_ACCOUNTING |
 			     EXTENT_SET_WRITEBACK | EXTENT_END_WRITEBACK);
 			ret = 0;
 			goto free_pages_out;
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 				     EXTENT_CLEAR_UNLOCK_PAGE |
 				     EXTENT_CLEAR_UNLOCK |
 				     EXTENT_CLEAR_DELALLOC |
+				     EXTENT_CLEAR_ACCOUNTING |
 				     EXTENT_CLEAR_DIRTY |
 				     EXTENT_SET_WRITEBACK |
 				     EXTENT_END_WRITEBACK);
@@ -1195,15 +1197,17 @@ static int btrfs_split_extent_hook(struct inode *inode,
 					root->fs_info->max_extent);
 
 		/*
-		 * if we break a large extent up then leave delalloc_extents be,
-		 * since we've already accounted for the large extent.
+		 * if we break a large extent up then leave oustanding_extents
+		 * be, since we've already accounted for the large extent.
 		 */
 		if (div64_u64(new_size + root->fs_info->max_extent - 1,
 			      root->fs_info->max_extent) < num_extents)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents++;
+	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents++;
+	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1234,7 +1238,9 @@ static int btrfs_merge_extent_hook(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* we're not bigger than the max, unreserve the space and go */
 	if (new_size <= root->fs_info->max_extent) {
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
+		spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents--;
+		spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1248,7 +1254,9 @@ static int btrfs_merge_extent_hook(struct inode *inode,
 		      root->fs_info->max_extent) > num_extents)
 		return 0;
 
-	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
+	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents--;
+	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1270,7 +1278,9 @@ static int btrfs_set_bit_hook(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 	if (!(old & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents++;
+		spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents++;
+		spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
 		btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(root, inode, end - start + 1);
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes += end - start + 1;
@@ -1298,8 +1308,12 @@ static int btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 	if ((state->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
-		btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
+		if (bits & EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING) {
+			spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents--;
+			spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+			btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
+		}
 
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
 		if (state->end - state->start + 1 >
@@ -4825,7 +4839,8 @@ static void btrfs_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 		 */
 		clear_extent_bit(tree, page_start, page_end,
 				 EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
-				 EXTENT_LOCKED, 1, 0, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
+				 EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING, 1, 0,
+				 NULL, GFP_NOFS);
 		/*
 		 * whoever cleared the private bit is responsible
 		 * for the finish_ordered_io
@@ -4838,8 +4853,8 @@ static void btrfs_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 		lock_extent(tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
 	}
 	clear_extent_bit(tree, page_start, page_end,
-		 EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC,
-		 1, 1, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
+		 EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
+		 EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING, 1, 1, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
 	__btrfs_releasepage(page, GFP_NOFS);
 
 	ClearPageChecked(page);
@@ -4934,7 +4949,8 @@ again:
 	 * prepare_pages in the normal write path.
 	 */
 	clear_extent_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, page_start, page_end,
-			  EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC, GFP_NOFS);
+			  EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC | EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING,
+			  GFP_NOFS);
 
 	ret = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -5082,8 +5098,9 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		return NULL;
 	ei->last_trans = 0;
 	ei->logged_trans = 0;
-	ei->delalloc_extents = 0;
-	ei->delalloc_reserved_extents = 0;
+	ei->outstanding_extents = 0;
+	ei->reserved_extents = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&ei->accounting_lock);
 	btrfs_ordered_inode_tree_init(&ei->ordered_tree);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_orphan);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->ordered_operations);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 4a9c8c4cec25..ab21c29f2247 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ int btrfs_remove_ordered_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	tree->last = NULL;
 	set_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_COMPLETE, &entry->flags);
 
+	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents--;
+	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->accounting_lock);
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(BTRFS_I(inode)->root,
+					      inode, 1);
+
 	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
 	list_del_init(&entry->root_extent_list);