diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 9bc6c40b182d..ca7ace7b7b52 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7585,41 +7585,61 @@ void btrfs_wait_and_free_delalloc_work(struct btrfs_delalloc_work *work)
  */
 int btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(struct btrfs_root *root, int delay_iput)
 {
-	struct list_head *head = &root->fs_info->delalloc_inodes;
 	struct btrfs_inode *binode;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct btrfs_delalloc_work *work, *next;
 	struct list_head works;
+	struct list_head splice;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (root->fs_info->sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&works);
-
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&splice);
+again:
 	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(head)) {
-		binode = list_entry(head->next, struct btrfs_inode,
+	list_splice_init(&root->fs_info->delalloc_inodes, &splice);
+	while (!list_empty(&splice)) {
+		binode = list_entry(splice.next, struct btrfs_inode,
 				    delalloc_inodes);
+
+		list_del_init(&binode->delalloc_inodes);
+
 		inode = igrab(&binode->vfs_inode);
 		if (!inode)
-			list_del_init(&binode->delalloc_inodes);
+			continue;
+
+		list_add_tail(&binode->delalloc_inodes,
+			      &root->fs_info->delalloc_inodes);
 		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
-		if (inode) {
-			work = btrfs_alloc_delalloc_work(inode, 0, delay_iput);
-			if (!work) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			list_add_tail(&work->list, &works);
-			btrfs_queue_worker(&root->fs_info->flush_workers,
-					   &work->work);
+
+		work = btrfs_alloc_delalloc_work(inode, 0, delay_iput);
+		if (unlikely(!work)) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
+		list_add_tail(&work->list, &works);
+		btrfs_queue_worker(&root->fs_info->flush_workers,
+				   &work->work);
+
 		cond_resched();
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
 
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(work, next, &works, list) {
+		list_del_init(&work->list);
+		btrfs_wait_and_free_delalloc_work(work);
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&root->fs_info->delalloc_inodes)) {
+		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
+		goto again;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
+
 	/* the filemap_flush will queue IO into the worker threads, but
 	 * we have to make sure the IO is actually started and that
 	 * ordered extents get created before we return
@@ -7632,11 +7652,18 @@ int btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(struct btrfs_root *root, int delay_iput)
 		    atomic_read(&root->fs_info->async_delalloc_pages) == 0));
 	}
 	atomic_dec(&root->fs_info->async_submit_draining);
+	return 0;
 out:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(work, next, &works, list) {
 		list_del_init(&work->list);
 		btrfs_wait_and_free_delalloc_work(work);
 	}
+
+	if (!list_empty_careful(&splice)) {
+		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
+		list_splice_tail(&splice, &root->fs_info->delalloc_inodes);
+		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }