diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 36422254ef6765c14290a2373fa6d83cf2d364d5..eb2bd826bb043442a4874e9321cb6291e160be72 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -55,48 +55,49 @@ static noinline void switch_commit_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, int nofail)
 {
 	struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans;
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 
-	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 loop:
 	/* The file system has been taken offline. No new transactions. */
-	if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+	if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 		return -EROFS;
 	}
 
-	if (root->fs_info->trans_no_join) {
+	if (fs_info->trans_no_join) {
 		if (!nofail) {
-			spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 	}
 
-	cur_trans = root->fs_info->running_transaction;
+	cur_trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
 	if (cur_trans) {
 		if (cur_trans->aborted) {
-			spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 			return cur_trans->aborted;
 		}
 		atomic_inc(&cur_trans->use_count);
 		atomic_inc(&cur_trans->num_writers);
 		cur_trans->num_joined++;
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 
 	cur_trans = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_transaction_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!cur_trans)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
-	if (root->fs_info->running_transaction) {
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+	if (fs_info->running_transaction) {
 		/*
 		 * someone started a transaction after we unlocked.  Make sure
 		 * to redo the trans_no_join checks above
 		 */
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_transaction_cachep, cur_trans);
-		cur_trans = root->fs_info->running_transaction;
+		cur_trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
 		goto loop;
 	}
 
@@ -127,14 +128,14 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, int nofail)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.seq_head);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->pending_snapshots);
-	list_add_tail(&cur_trans->list, &root->fs_info->trans_list);
+	list_add_tail(&cur_trans->list, &fs_info->trans_list);
 	extent_io_tree_init(&cur_trans->dirty_pages,
-			     root->fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
-	root->fs_info->generation++;
-	cur_trans->transid = root->fs_info->generation;
-	root->fs_info->running_transaction = cur_trans;
+			     fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
+	fs_info->generation++;
+	cur_trans->transid = fs_info->generation;
+	fs_info->running_transaction = cur_trans;
 	cur_trans->aborted = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }