diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 245483cc282ba0032f5f0a16649d5b7dbd45cffb..901f27ac94abc0c16a6a4065478e0a6a3791b551 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -902,7 +902,12 @@ xfs_eofblocks_worker(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
 				struct xfs_mount, m_eofblocks_work);
+
+	if (!sb_start_write_trylock(mp->m_super))
+		return;
 	xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(mp, NULL);
+	sb_end_write(mp->m_super);
+
 	xfs_queue_eofblocks(mp);
 }
 
@@ -929,7 +934,12 @@ xfs_cowblocks_worker(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
 				struct xfs_mount, m_cowblocks_work);
+
+	if (!sb_start_write_trylock(mp->m_super))
+		return;
 	xfs_icache_free_cowblocks(mp, NULL);
+	sb_end_write(mp->m_super);
+
 	xfs_queue_cowblocks(mp);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 62b12c11a229a4c6435bb118ae99b931e6aec525..5ef429053cb16c2ef3af18b8ad24c225695b67cf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -2182,7 +2182,10 @@ xfs_file_ioctl(
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
-		return xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(mp, &keofb);
+		sb_start_write(mp->m_super);
+		error = xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(mp, &keofb);
+		sb_end_write(mp->m_super);
+		return error;
 	}
 
 	default: