diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6d2bb58d277a..1f7a280481e4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2202,17 +2202,27 @@ static void btrfs_writepage_fixup_worker(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	u64 page_start;
 	u64 page_end;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	fixup = container_of(work, struct btrfs_writepage_fixup, work);
 	page = fixup->page;
 again:
 	lock_page(page);
-	if (!page->mapping || !PageDirty(page) || !PageChecked(page)) {
-		ClearPageChecked(page);
-		goto out_page;
-	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Before we queued this fixup, we took a reference on the page.
+	 * page->mapping may go NULL, but it shouldn't be moved to a different
+	 * address space.
+	 */
+	if (!page->mapping || !PageDirty(page) || !PageChecked(page))
+		goto out_page;
+
+	/*
+	 * We keep the PageChecked() bit set until we're done with the
+	 * btrfs_start_ordered_extent() dance that we do below.  That drops and
+	 * retakes the page lock, so we don't want new fixup workers queued for
+	 * this page during the churn.
+	 */
 	inode = page->mapping->host;
 	page_start = page_offset(page);
 	page_end = page_offset(page) + PAGE_SIZE - 1;
@@ -2237,24 +2247,22 @@ again:
 
 	ret = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, &data_reserved, page_start,
 					   PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (ret) {
-		mapping_set_error(page->mapping, ret);
-		end_extent_writepage(page, ret, page_start, page_end);
-		ClearPageChecked(page);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	 }
 
 	ret = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end, 0,
 					&cached_state);
-	if (ret) {
-		mapping_set_error(page->mapping, ret);
-		end_extent_writepage(page, ret, page_start, page_end);
-		ClearPageChecked(page);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out_reserved;
-	}
 
-	ClearPageChecked(page);
-	set_page_dirty(page);
+	/*
+	 * Everything went as planned, we're now the owner of a dirty page with
+	 * delayed allocation bits set and space reserved for our COW
+	 * destination.
+	 *
+	 * The page was dirty when we started, nothing should have cleaned it.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(!PageDirty(page));
 out_reserved:
 	btrfs_delalloc_release_extents(BTRFS_I(inode), PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2264,6 +2272,17 @@ out:
 	unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, page_start, page_end,
 			     &cached_state);
 out_page:
+	if (ret) {
+		/*
+		 * We hit ENOSPC or other errors.  Update the mapping and page
+		 * to reflect the errors and clean the page.
+		 */
+		mapping_set_error(page->mapping, ret);
+		end_extent_writepage(page, ret, page_start, page_end);
+		clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
+		SetPageError(page);
+	}
+	ClearPageChecked(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
 	kfree(fixup);
@@ -2291,6 +2310,13 @@ int btrfs_writepage_cow_fixup(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end)
 	if (TestClearPagePrivate2(page))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * PageChecked is set below when we create a fixup worker for this page,
+	 * don't try to create another one if we're already PageChecked()
+	 *
+	 * The extent_io writepage code will redirty the page if we send back
+	 * EAGAIN.
+	 */
 	if (PageChecked(page))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
@@ -2303,7 +2329,8 @@ int btrfs_writepage_cow_fixup(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end)
 	btrfs_init_work(&fixup->work, btrfs_writepage_fixup_worker, NULL, NULL);
 	fixup->page = page;
 	btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->fixup_workers, &fixup->work);
-	return -EBUSY;
+
+	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 static int insert_reserved_file_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,