diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 43af5a61ad25..c32d226bfecc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -4772,6 +4772,25 @@ struct extent_buffer *find_extent_buffer(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			       start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
 	if (eb && atomic_inc_not_zero(&eb->refs)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
+		/*
+		 * Lock our eb's refs_lock to avoid races with
+		 * free_extent_buffer. When we get our eb it might be flagged
+		 * with EXTENT_BUFFER_STALE and another task running
+		 * free_extent_buffer might have seen that flag set,
+		 * eb->refs == 2, that the buffer isn't under IO (dirty and
+		 * writeback flags not set) and it's still in the tree (flag
+		 * EXTENT_BUFFER_TREE_REF set), therefore being in the process
+		 * of decrementing the extent buffer's reference count twice.
+		 * So here we could race and increment the eb's reference count,
+		 * clear its stale flag, mark it as dirty and drop our reference
+		 * before the other task finishes executing free_extent_buffer,
+		 * which would later result in an attempt to free an extent
+		 * buffer that is dirty.
+		 */
+		if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_STALE, &eb->bflags)) {
+			spin_lock(&eb->refs_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&eb->refs_lock);
+		}
 		mark_extent_buffer_accessed(eb, NULL);
 		return eb;
 	}