diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 1f1d3e8dcec965209e1a5884b35c67159c74230c..ccdc4d12e8d42af7fbc1a54d9e558e5b952191a9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2755,16 +2755,20 @@ static int cache_save_setup(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group,
 	num_pages *= 16;
 	num_pages *= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
-	ret = btrfs_check_data_free_space(inode, num_pages);
+	ret = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, num_pages);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put;
 
 	ret = btrfs_prealloc_file_range_trans(inode, trans, 0, 0, num_pages,
 					      num_pages, num_pages,
 					      &alloc_hint);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
 		dcs = BTRFS_DC_SETUP;
-	btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(inode, num_pages);
+		btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(inode, num_pages);
+	} else {
+		btrfs_delalloc_release_space(inode, num_pages);
+	}
+
 out_put:
 	iput(inode);
 out_free:
@@ -4002,9 +4006,13 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv = &root->fs_info->delalloc_block_rsv;
 	u64 to_reserve = 0;
 	unsigned nr_extents = 0;
+	int flush = 1;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (btrfs_transaction_in_commit(root->fs_info))
+	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
+		flush = 0;
+
+	if (flush && btrfs_transaction_in_commit(root->fs_info))
 		schedule_timeout(1);
 
 	num_bytes = ALIGN(num_bytes, root->sectorsize);
@@ -4023,7 +4031,7 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	to_reserve += calc_csum_metadata_size(inode, num_bytes, 1);
 	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->lock);
 
-	ret = reserve_metadata_bytes(NULL, root, block_rsv, to_reserve, 1);
+	ret = reserve_metadata_bytes(NULL, root, block_rsv, to_reserve, flush);
 	if (ret) {
 		u64 to_free = 0;
 		unsigned dropped;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 1ea10731797add6b5e3c5119074af5dfc7d79c9e..3bde17ff14c08e3522f95f9ba151042419b4f523 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -532,6 +532,19 @@ int load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * __btrfs_write_out_cache - write out cached info to an inode
+ * @root - the root the inode belongs to
+ * @ctl - the free space cache we are going to write out
+ * @block_group - the block_group for this cache if it belongs to a block_group
+ * @trans - the trans handle
+ * @path - the path to use
+ * @offset - the offset for the key we'll insert
+ *
+ * This function writes out a free space cache struct to disk for quick recovery
+ * on mount.  This will return 0 if it was successfull in writing the cache out,
+ * and -1 if it was not.
+ */
 int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 			    struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 			    struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group,
@@ -555,7 +568,8 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	int index = 0, num_pages = 0;
 	int entries = 0;
 	int bitmaps = 0;
-	int ret = -1;
+	int ret;
+	int err = -1;
 	bool next_page = false;
 	bool out_of_space = false;
 
@@ -563,7 +577,7 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 
 	node = rb_first(&ctl->free_space_offset);
 	if (!node)
-		return 0;
+		return -1;
 
 	if (!i_size_read(inode))
 		return -1;
@@ -767,7 +781,6 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, 0,
 				     i_size_read(inode) - 1, &cached_state,
 				     GFP_NOFS);
-		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -789,10 +802,8 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, 0,
 			     i_size_read(inode) - 1, &cached_state, GFP_NOFS);
 
-	if (ret) {
-		ret = 0;
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = trans->transid;
 
@@ -804,7 +815,6 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, 0, 1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		ret = -1;
 		clear_extent_bit(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, 0, bytes - 1,
 				 EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
 				 EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING, 0, 0, NULL, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -818,7 +828,6 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &found_key, path->slots[0]);
 		if (found_key.objectid != BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID ||
 		    found_key.offset != offset) {
-			ret = -1;
 			clear_extent_bit(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, 0, bytes - 1,
 					 EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_DELALLOC |
 					 EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING, 0, 0, NULL,
@@ -835,16 +844,15 @@ int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
-	ret = 1;
-
+	err = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(pages);
-	if (ret != 1) {
+	if (err) {
 		invalidate_inode_pages2_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, index);
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = 0;
 	}
 	btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
-	return ret;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
@@ -871,14 +879,16 @@ int btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 	ret = __btrfs_write_out_cache(root, inode, ctl, block_group, trans,
 				      path, block_group->key.objectid);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, inode->i_size);
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 		block_group->disk_cache_state = BTRFS_DC_ERROR;
 		spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
 		ret = 0;
-
+#ifdef DEBUG
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to write free space cace "
 		       "for block group %llu\n", block_group->key.objectid);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	iput(inode);
@@ -2662,9 +2672,13 @@ int btrfs_write_out_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = __btrfs_write_out_cache(root, inode, ctl, NULL, trans, path, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, inode->i_size);
+#ifdef DEBUG
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to write free ino cache "
 		       "for root %llu\n", root->root_key.objectid);
+#endif
+	}
 
 	iput(inode);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
index b4087e0fa8714bca45e5fc026caf3491e212dd14..53dcbdf446cdfd859c4afe62560811081d3d1cf5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
@@ -465,14 +465,16 @@ int btrfs_save_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	/* Just to make sure we have enough space */
 	prealloc += 8 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
-	ret = btrfs_check_data_free_space(inode, prealloc);
+	ret = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, prealloc);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put;
 
 	ret = btrfs_prealloc_file_range_trans(inode, trans, 0, 0, prealloc,
 					      prealloc, prealloc, &alloc_hint);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_delalloc_release_space(inode, prealloc);
 		goto out_put;
+	}
 	btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(inode, prealloc);
 
 out_put:
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 06ae5b173fd78659525f1c132f549d0ce3713487..78b5ae59ac4f31ed0231b2cf859f0e07c9114c37 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1792,11 +1792,11 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
+	btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, ordered_extent->len);
 	if (nolock) {
 		if (trans)
 			btrfs_end_transaction_nolock(trans, root);
 	} else {
-		btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, ordered_extent->len);
 		if (trans)
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	}