diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 5c2cf992e717..01efcbc80dfb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -5114,13 +5114,13 @@ int btrfs_compare_trees(struct btrfs_root *left_root,
 	right_path->search_commit_root = 1;
 	right_path->skip_locking = 1;
 
-	spin_lock(&left_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock(&left_root->root_item_lock);
 	left_start_ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&left_root->root_item);
-	spin_unlock(&left_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&left_root->root_item_lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&right_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock(&right_root->root_item_lock);
 	right_start_ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&right_root->root_item);
-	spin_unlock(&right_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&right_root->root_item_lock);
 
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(left_root);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
@@ -5215,15 +5215,15 @@ int btrfs_compare_trees(struct btrfs_root *left_root,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			spin_lock(&left_root->root_times_lock);
+			spin_lock(&left_root->root_item_lock);
 			ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&left_root->root_item);
-			spin_unlock(&left_root->root_times_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&left_root->root_item_lock);
 			if (ctransid != left_start_ctransid)
 				left_start_ctransid = 0;
 
-			spin_lock(&right_root->root_times_lock);
+			spin_lock(&right_root->root_item_lock);
 			ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&right_root->root_item);
-			spin_unlock(&right_root->root_times_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&right_root->root_item_lock);
 			if (ctransid != right_start_ctransid)
 				right_start_ctransid = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 6ba56aea5b62..313a6adfde55 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 
 	int force_cow;
 
-	spinlock_t root_times_lock;
+	spinlock_t root_item_lock;
 };
 
 struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 3229531af8c3..faf182691b40 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static void __setup_root(u32 nodesize, u32 leafsize, u32 sectorsize,
 	root->root_key.objectid = objectid;
 	root->anon_dev = 0;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&root->root_item_lock);
 }
 
 static int __must_check find_and_setup_root(struct btrfs_root *tree_root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
index eb923d087da7..668af537a3ea 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ void btrfs_update_root_times(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_root_item *item = &root->root_item;
 	struct timespec ct = CURRENT_TIME;
 
-	spin_lock(&root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock(&root->root_item_lock);
 	item->ctransid = cpu_to_le64(trans->transid);
 	item->ctime.sec = cpu_to_le64(ct.tv_sec);
 	item->ctime.nsec = cpu_to_le32(ct.tv_nsec);
-	spin_unlock(&root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&root->root_item_lock);
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index e78b297b0b00..54454542ad40 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4397,9 +4397,9 @@ static int full_send_tree(struct send_ctx *sctx)
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock(&send_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 	start_ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&send_root->root_item);
-	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 
 	key.objectid = BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID;
 	key.type = BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY;
@@ -4422,9 +4422,9 @@ join_trans:
 	 * Make sure the tree has not changed after re-joining. We detect this
 	 * by comparing start_ctransid and ctransid. They should always match.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&send_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_lock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 	ctransid = btrfs_root_ctransid(&send_root->root_item);
-	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_times_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&send_root->root_item_lock);
 
 	if (ctransid != start_ctransid) {
 		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "btrfs: the root that you're trying to "