diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3686315bbd6652ba4c6447821b2ad8fadf9128bb..9f960420133307b5d9b26c7b07bd37d64bec89cf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -8665,7 +8665,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_IN_RADIX, &root->state)) {
-		btrfs_drop_and_free_fs_root(tree_root->fs_info, root);
+		btrfs_add_dropped_root(trans, root);
 	} else {
 		free_extent_buffer(root->node);
 		free_extent_buffer(root->commit_root);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 68ad89e237132c9e6b3bceed8ad0bba7d67357c6..a2d6f7bcef6cf39ccdc0664d5c1cce6ef4d0789d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ static noinline void switch_commit_roots(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 			btrfs_unpin_free_ino(root);
 		clear_btree_io_tree(&root->dirty_log_pages);
 	}
+
+	/* We can free old roots now. */
+	spin_lock(&trans->dropped_roots_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&trans->dropped_roots)) {
+		root = list_first_entry(&trans->dropped_roots,
+					struct btrfs_root, root_list);
+		list_del_init(&root->root_list);
+		spin_unlock(&trans->dropped_roots_lock);
+		btrfs_drop_and_free_fs_root(fs_info, root);
+		spin_lock(&trans->dropped_roots_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&trans->dropped_roots_lock);
 	up_write(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
 }
 
@@ -255,11 +267,13 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int type)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->pending_ordered);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->io_bgs);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->dropped_roots);
 	mutex_init(&cur_trans->cache_write_mutex);
 	cur_trans->num_dirty_bgs = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->deleted_bgs);
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->deleted_bgs_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->dropped_roots_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&cur_trans->list, &fs_info->trans_list);
 	extent_io_tree_init(&cur_trans->dirty_pages,
 			     fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
@@ -336,6 +350,24 @@ static int record_root_in_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 }
 
 
+void btrfs_add_dropped_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans = trans->transaction;
+
+	/* Add ourselves to the transaction dropped list */
+	spin_lock(&cur_trans->dropped_roots_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&root->root_list, &cur_trans->dropped_roots);
+	spin_unlock(&cur_trans->dropped_roots_lock);
+
+	/* Make sure we don't try to update the root at commit time */
+	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_roots_radix_lock);
+	radix_tree_tag_clear(&root->fs_info->fs_roots_radix,
+			     (unsigned long)root->root_key.objectid,
+			     BTRFS_ROOT_TRANS_TAG);
+	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->fs_roots_radix_lock);
+}
+
 int btrfs_record_root_in_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index edc2fbc262d7680a55a95ffaeab9f0913129d713..87964bf8892d50f1da01abb725a1d3f6286279f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct btrfs_transaction {
 	struct list_head switch_commits;
 	struct list_head dirty_bgs;
 	struct list_head io_bgs;
+	struct list_head dropped_roots;
 	u64 num_dirty_bgs;
 
 	/*
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ struct btrfs_transaction {
 	spinlock_t dirty_bgs_lock;
 	struct list_head deleted_bgs;
 	spinlock_t deleted_bgs_lock;
+	spinlock_t dropped_roots_lock;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root delayed_refs;
 	int aborted;
 	int dirty_bg_run;
@@ -216,5 +218,6 @@ int btrfs_transaction_blocked(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
 int btrfs_transaction_in_commit(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
 void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction);
 void btrfs_apply_pending_changes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
-
+void btrfs_add_dropped_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root);
 #endif