diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index bcf0e48b193287e265b42dcd34229c51dfe76760..d1947af67bcd2a40dfd3e0fa09de6b02caea3cc4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3526,8 +3526,10 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		struct extent_map_tree *tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree;
 		struct extent_map *em, *n;
 
+		write_lock(&tree->lock);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(em, n, &tree->modified_extents, list)
 			list_del_init(&em->list);
+		write_unlock(&tree->lock);
 	}
 
 	if (inode_only == LOG_INODE_ALL && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {