diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a5aca3997d426da09c87e33642916284eca135b6..62a332d34fdb84675e816c8b6047403e7b839152 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2387,13 +2387,29 @@ static int write_one_cache_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 }
 
+static struct btrfs_block_group_cache *
+next_block_group(struct btrfs_root *root,
+		 struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache)
+{
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
+	node = rb_next(&cache->cache_node);
+	btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
+	if (node) {
+		cache = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_block_group_cache,
+				 cache_node);
+		atomic_inc(&cache->count);
+	} else
+		cache = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
+	return cache;
+}
+
 int btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache, *entry;
-	struct rb_node *n;
+	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
 	int err = 0;
-	int werr = 0;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	u64 last = 0;
 
@@ -2402,39 +2418,35 @@ int btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (1) {
-		cache = NULL;
-		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
-		for (n = rb_first(&root->fs_info->block_group_cache_tree);
-		     n; n = rb_next(n)) {
-			entry = rb_entry(n, struct btrfs_block_group_cache,
-					 cache_node);
-			if (entry->dirty) {
-				cache = entry;
-				break;
-			}
+		if (last == 0) {
+			err = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root,
+						     (unsigned long)-1);
+			BUG_ON(err);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
 
-		if (!cache)
-			break;
+		cache = btrfs_lookup_first_block_group(root->fs_info, last);
+		while (cache) {
+			if (cache->dirty)
+				break;
+			cache = next_block_group(root, cache);
+		}
+		if (!cache) {
+			if (last == 0)
+				break;
+			last = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		cache->dirty = 0;
-		last += cache->key.offset;
+		last = cache->key.objectid + cache->key.offset;
 
-		err = write_one_cache_group(trans, root,
-					    path, cache);
-		/*
-		 * if we fail to write the cache group, we want
-		 * to keep it marked dirty in hopes that a later
-		 * write will work
-		 */
-		if (err) {
-			werr = err;
-			continue;
-		}
+		err = write_one_cache_group(trans, root, path, cache);
+		BUG_ON(err);
+		btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
 	}
+
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	return werr;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int btrfs_extent_readonly(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 2dbf1c1f56ee41b73068c54ee7c345a969b7f38e..81f7124c305144410149ea8b420d60cc793b74bb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -444,9 +444,6 @@ static int update_cowonly_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans, root);
 
-	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, (unsigned long)-1);
-	BUG_ON(ret);
-
 	while (1) {
 		old_root_bytenr = btrfs_root_bytenr(&root->root_item);
 		if (old_root_bytenr == root->node->start)
@@ -457,9 +454,8 @@ static int update_cowonly_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					&root->root_key,
 					&root->root_item);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
-		btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans, root);
 
-		ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, (unsigned long)-1);
+		ret = btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans, root);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
 	free_extent_buffer(root->commit_root);
@@ -495,9 +491,6 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		root = list_entry(next, struct btrfs_root, dirty_list);
 
 		update_cowonly_root(trans, root);
-
-		ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, (unsigned long)-1);
-		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }