diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 835b6c9a26a83fda11c7963739eefed9294954f9..34a8952de8ddc0ab94635bdfcb4ede713cc9ec60 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -538,14 +538,13 @@ static int __add_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head, u64 seq,
 	if (extent_op && extent_op->update_key)
 		btrfs_disk_key_to_cpu(&op_key, &extent_op->key);
 
-	while ((n = rb_prev(n))) {
+	spin_lock(&head->lock);
+	n = rb_first(&head->ref_root);
+	while (n) {
 		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *node;
 		node = rb_entry(n, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node,
 				rb_node);
-		if (node->bytenr != head->node.bytenr)
-			break;
-		WARN_ON(node->is_head);
-
+		n = rb_next(n);
 		if (node->seq > seq)
 			continue;
 
@@ -612,10 +611,10 @@ static int __add_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head, u64 seq,
 			WARN_ON(1);
 		}
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			break;
 	}
-
-	return 0;
+	spin_unlock(&head->lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -882,15 +881,15 @@ static int find_parent_nodes(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
 				goto again;
 			}
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			ret = __add_delayed_refs(head, time_seq,
 						 &prefs_delayed);
 			mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
-			if (ret) {
-				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			if (ret)
 				goto out;
-			}
+		} else {
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	}
 
 	if (path->slots[0]) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index fab60c1ba0650f1e9829190a8ca81f4c66c6494b..f3bff89eecf09346e2eb49b4ffeb861f35e33d4b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -269,39 +269,38 @@ int btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 static inline void drop_delayed_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
+				    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head,
 				    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref)
 {
-	rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &delayed_refs->root);
 	if (btrfs_delayed_ref_is_head(ref)) {
-		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
-
 		head = btrfs_delayed_node_to_head(ref);
 		rb_erase(&head->href_node, &delayed_refs->href_root);
+	} else {
+		assert_spin_locked(&head->lock);
+		rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &head->ref_root);
 	}
 	ref->in_tree = 0;
 	btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
-	delayed_refs->num_entries--;
+	atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
 	if (trans->delayed_ref_updates)
 		trans->delayed_ref_updates--;
 }
 
 static int merge_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head,
 		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref, u64 seq)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node;
-	int merged = 0;
 	int mod = 0;
 	int done = 0;
 
-	node = rb_prev(&ref->rb_node);
-	while (node) {
+	node = rb_next(&ref->rb_node);
+	while (!done && node) {
 		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *next;
 
 		next = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
-		node = rb_prev(node);
-		if (next->bytenr != ref->bytenr)
-			break;
+		node = rb_next(node);
 		if (seq && next->seq >= seq)
 			break;
 		if (comp_entry(ref, next, 0))
@@ -321,12 +320,11 @@ static int merge_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			mod = -next->ref_mod;
 		}
 
-		merged++;
-		drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, next);
+		drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head, next);
 		ref->ref_mod += mod;
 		if (ref->ref_mod == 0) {
-			drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, ref);
-			break;
+			drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head, ref);
+			done = 1;
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * You can't have multiples of the same ref on a tree
@@ -335,13 +333,8 @@ static int merge_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			WARN_ON(ref->type == BTRFS_TREE_BLOCK_REF_KEY ||
 				ref->type == BTRFS_SHARED_BLOCK_REF_KEY);
 		}
-
-		if (done)
-			break;
-		node = rb_prev(&ref->rb_node);
 	}
-
-	return merged;
+	return done;
 }
 
 void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
@@ -352,6 +345,7 @@ void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct rb_node *node;
 	u64 seq = 0;
 
+	assert_spin_locked(&head->lock);
 	/*
 	 * We don't have too much refs to merge in the case of delayed data
 	 * refs.
@@ -369,22 +363,19 @@ void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 
-	node = rb_prev(&head->node.rb_node);
+	node = rb_first(&head->ref_root);
 	while (node) {
 		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref;
 
 		ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node,
 			       rb_node);
-		if (ref->bytenr != head->node.bytenr)
-			break;
-
 		/* We can't merge refs that are outside of our seq count */
 		if (seq && ref->seq >= seq)
 			break;
-		if (merge_ref(trans, delayed_refs, ref, seq))
-			node = rb_prev(&head->node.rb_node);
+		if (merge_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head, ref, seq))
+			node = rb_first(&head->ref_root);
 		else
-			node = rb_prev(node);
+			node = rb_next(&ref->rb_node);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -412,64 +403,52 @@ int btrfs_check_delayed_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_find_ref_cluster(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			   struct list_head *cluster, u64 start)
+struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *
+btrfs_select_ref_head(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 {
-	int count = 0;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
-	struct rb_node *node;
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
+	u64 start;
+	bool loop = false;
 
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
-	node = rb_first(&delayed_refs->href_root);
 
-	if (start) {
-		find_ref_head(&delayed_refs->href_root, start + 1, &head, 1);
-		if (head)
-			node = &head->href_node;
-	}
 again:
-	while (node && count < 32) {
-		head = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head, href_node);
-		if (list_empty(&head->cluster)) {
-			list_add_tail(&head->cluster, cluster);
-			delayed_refs->run_delayed_start =
-				head->node.bytenr;
-			count++;
-
-			WARN_ON(delayed_refs->num_heads_ready == 0);
-			delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
-		} else if (count) {
-			/* the goal of the clustering is to find extents
-			 * that are likely to end up in the same extent
-			 * leaf on disk.  So, we don't want them spread
-			 * all over the tree.  Stop now if we've hit
-			 * a head that was already in use
-			 */
-			break;
-		}
-		node = rb_next(node);
-	}
-	if (count) {
-		return 0;
-	} else if (start) {
-		/*
-		 * we've gone to the end of the rbtree without finding any
-		 * clusters.  start from the beginning and try again
-		 */
+	start = delayed_refs->run_delayed_start;
+	head = find_ref_head(&delayed_refs->href_root, start, NULL, 1);
+	if (!head && !loop) {
+		delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = 0;
 		start = 0;
-		node = rb_first(&delayed_refs->href_root);
-		goto again;
+		loop = true;
+		head = find_ref_head(&delayed_refs->href_root, start, NULL, 1);
+		if (!head)
+			return NULL;
+	} else if (!head && loop) {
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	return 1;
-}
 
-void btrfs_release_ref_cluster(struct list_head *cluster)
-{
-	struct list_head *pos, *q;
+	while (head->processing) {
+		struct rb_node *node;
+
+		node = rb_next(&head->href_node);
+		if (!node) {
+			if (loop)
+				return NULL;
+			delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = 0;
+			start = 0;
+			loop = true;
+			goto again;
+		}
+		head = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head,
+				href_node);
+	}
 
-	list_for_each_safe(pos, q, cluster)
-		list_del_init(pos);
+	head->processing = 1;
+	WARN_ON(delayed_refs->num_heads_ready == 0);
+	delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
+	delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = head->node.bytenr +
+		head->node.num_bytes;
+	return head;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -483,6 +462,7 @@ void btrfs_release_ref_cluster(struct list_head *cluster)
 static noinline void
 update_existing_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
+		    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head,
 		    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing,
 		    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *update)
 {
@@ -495,7 +475,7 @@ update_existing_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 */
 		existing->ref_mod--;
 		if (existing->ref_mod == 0)
-			drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, existing);
+			drop_delayed_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head, existing);
 		else
 			WARN_ON(existing->type == BTRFS_TREE_BLOCK_REF_KEY ||
 				existing->type == BTRFS_SHARED_BLOCK_REF_KEY);
@@ -565,9 +545,13 @@ update_existing_head_ref(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing,
 		}
 	}
 	/*
-	 * update the reference mod on the head to reflect this new operation
+	 * update the reference mod on the head to reflect this new operation,
+	 * only need the lock for this case cause we could be processing it
+	 * currently, for refs we just added we know we're a-ok.
 	 */
+	spin_lock(&existing_ref->lock);
 	existing->ref_mod += update->ref_mod;
+	spin_unlock(&existing_ref->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -575,13 +559,13 @@ update_existing_head_ref(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing,
  * this does all the dirty work in terms of maintaining the correct
  * overall modification count.
  */
-static noinline void add_delayed_ref_head(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-					struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-					struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref,
-					u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes,
-					int action, int is_data)
+static noinline struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *
+add_delayed_ref_head(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+		     struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref, u64 bytenr,
+		     u64 num_bytes, int action, int is_data)
 {
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *existing;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head_ref = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
 	int count_mod = 1;
@@ -628,39 +612,43 @@ static noinline void add_delayed_ref_head(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	head_ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_head(ref);
 	head_ref->must_insert_reserved = must_insert_reserved;
 	head_ref->is_data = is_data;
+	head_ref->ref_root = RB_ROOT;
+	head_ref->processing = 0;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&head_ref->cluster);
+	spin_lock_init(&head_ref->lock);
 	mutex_init(&head_ref->mutex);
 
 	trace_add_delayed_ref_head(ref, head_ref, action);
 
-	existing = tree_insert(&delayed_refs->root, &ref->rb_node);
-
+	existing = htree_insert(&delayed_refs->href_root,
+				&head_ref->href_node);
 	if (existing) {
-		update_existing_head_ref(existing, ref);
+		update_existing_head_ref(&existing->node, ref);
 		/*
 		 * we've updated the existing ref, free the newly
 		 * allocated ref
 		 */
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_ref_head_cachep, head_ref);
+		head_ref = existing;
 	} else {
-		htree_insert(&delayed_refs->href_root, &head_ref->href_node);
 		delayed_refs->num_heads++;
 		delayed_refs->num_heads_ready++;
-		delayed_refs->num_entries++;
+		atomic_inc(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
 		trans->delayed_ref_updates++;
 	}
+	return head_ref;
 }
 
 /*
  * helper to insert a delayed tree ref into the rbtree.
  */
-static noinline void add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-					 struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-					 struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref,
-					 u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes, u64 parent,
-					 u64 ref_root, int level, int action,
-					 int for_cow)
+static noinline void
+add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+		     struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head_ref,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref, u64 bytenr,
+		     u64 num_bytes, u64 parent, u64 ref_root, int level,
+		     int action, int for_cow)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_tree_ref *full_ref;
@@ -696,30 +684,33 @@ static noinline void add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	trace_add_delayed_tree_ref(ref, full_ref, action);
 
-	existing = tree_insert(&delayed_refs->root, &ref->rb_node);
-
+	spin_lock(&head_ref->lock);
+	existing = tree_insert(&head_ref->ref_root, &ref->rb_node);
 	if (existing) {
-		update_existing_ref(trans, delayed_refs, existing, ref);
+		update_existing_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head_ref, existing,
+				    ref);
 		/*
 		 * we've updated the existing ref, free the newly
 		 * allocated ref
 		 */
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_tree_ref_cachep, full_ref);
 	} else {
-		delayed_refs->num_entries++;
+		atomic_inc(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
 		trans->delayed_ref_updates++;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&head_ref->lock);
 }
 
 /*
  * helper to insert a delayed data ref into the rbtree.
  */
-static noinline void add_delayed_data_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-					 struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-					 struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref,
-					 u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes, u64 parent,
-					 u64 ref_root, u64 owner, u64 offset,
-					 int action, int for_cow)
+static noinline void
+add_delayed_data_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+		     struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head_ref,
+		     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref, u64 bytenr,
+		     u64 num_bytes, u64 parent, u64 ref_root, u64 owner,
+		     u64 offset, int action, int for_cow)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *existing;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_data_ref *full_ref;
@@ -757,19 +748,21 @@ static noinline void add_delayed_data_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	trace_add_delayed_data_ref(ref, full_ref, action);
 
-	existing = tree_insert(&delayed_refs->root, &ref->rb_node);
-
+	spin_lock(&head_ref->lock);
+	existing = tree_insert(&head_ref->ref_root, &ref->rb_node);
 	if (existing) {
-		update_existing_ref(trans, delayed_refs, existing, ref);
+		update_existing_ref(trans, delayed_refs, head_ref, existing,
+				    ref);
 		/*
 		 * we've updated the existing ref, free the newly
 		 * allocated ref
 		 */
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_data_ref_cachep, full_ref);
 	} else {
-		delayed_refs->num_entries++;
+		atomic_inc(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
 		trans->delayed_ref_updates++;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&head_ref->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -808,10 +801,10 @@ int btrfs_add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * insert both the head node and the new ref without dropping
 	 * the spin lock
 	 */
-	add_delayed_ref_head(fs_info, trans, &head_ref->node, bytenr,
-				   num_bytes, action, 0);
+	head_ref = add_delayed_ref_head(fs_info, trans, &head_ref->node,
+					bytenr, num_bytes, action, 0);
 
-	add_delayed_tree_ref(fs_info, trans, &ref->node, bytenr,
+	add_delayed_tree_ref(fs_info, trans, head_ref, &ref->node, bytenr,
 				   num_bytes, parent, ref_root, level, action,
 				   for_cow);
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
@@ -856,10 +849,10 @@ int btrfs_add_delayed_data_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * insert both the head node and the new ref without dropping
 	 * the spin lock
 	 */
-	add_delayed_ref_head(fs_info, trans, &head_ref->node, bytenr,
-				   num_bytes, action, 1);
+	head_ref = add_delayed_ref_head(fs_info, trans, &head_ref->node,
+					bytenr, num_bytes, action, 1);
 
-	add_delayed_data_ref(fs_info, trans, &ref->node, bytenr,
+	add_delayed_data_ref(fs_info, trans, head_ref, &ref->node, bytenr,
 				   num_bytes, parent, ref_root, owner, offset,
 				   action, for_cow);
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
index a54c9d47918fa81e74c37faacf51e8593ff44895..4ba9b93022ffd4e70e862e67674fdacbfb899e1c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head {
 	 */
 	struct mutex mutex;
 
-	struct list_head cluster;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct rb_root ref_root;
 
 	struct rb_node href_node;
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head {
 	 */
 	unsigned int must_insert_reserved:1;
 	unsigned int is_data:1;
+	unsigned int processing:1;
 };
 
 struct btrfs_delayed_tree_ref {
@@ -118,8 +120,6 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_data_ref {
 };
 
 struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root {
-	struct rb_root root;
-
 	/* head ref rbtree */
 	struct rb_root href_root;
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root {
 	/* how many delayed ref updates we've queued, used by the
 	 * throttling code
 	 */
-	unsigned long num_entries;
+	atomic_t num_entries;
 
 	/* total number of head nodes in tree */
 	unsigned long num_heads;
@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root {
 	/* total number of head nodes ready for processing */
 	unsigned long num_heads_ready;
 
-	/*
-	 * bumped when someone is making progress on the delayed
-	 * refs, so that other procs know they are just adding to
-	 * contention intead of helping
-	 */
-	atomic_t procs_running_refs;
-	atomic_t ref_seq;
-	wait_queue_head_t wait;
-
 	/*
 	 * set when the tree is flushing before a transaction commit,
 	 * used by the throttling code to decide if new updates need
@@ -231,9 +222,9 @@ static inline void btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head)
 	mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
 }
 
-int btrfs_find_ref_cluster(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			   struct list_head *cluster, u64 search_start);
-void btrfs_release_ref_cluster(struct list_head *cluster);
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *
+btrfs_select_ref_head(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans);
 
 int btrfs_check_delayed_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 9850a51a3f1900b3065eec1d1cd2bdb14eb509b6..ed23127a4b02e11b81327c24713a836ff60431bf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3801,58 +3801,55 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 	delayed_refs = &trans->delayed_refs;
 
 	spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-	if (delayed_refs->num_entries == 0) {
+	if (atomic_read(&delayed_refs->num_entries) == 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 		btrfs_info(root->fs_info, "delayed_refs has NO entry");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	while ((node = rb_first(&delayed_refs->root)) != NULL) {
-		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head = NULL;
+	while ((node = rb_first(&delayed_refs->href_root)) != NULL) {
+		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
 		bool pin_bytes = false;
 
-		ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
-		atomic_set(&ref->refs, 1);
-		if (btrfs_delayed_ref_is_head(ref)) {
+		head = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head,
+				href_node);
+		if (!mutex_trylock(&head->mutex)) {
+			atomic_inc(&head->node.refs);
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 
-			head = btrfs_delayed_node_to_head(ref);
-			if (!mutex_trylock(&head->mutex)) {
-				atomic_inc(&ref->refs);
-				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-
-				/* Need to wait for the delayed ref to run */
-				mutex_lock(&head->mutex);
-				mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
-				btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
-
-				spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if (head->must_insert_reserved)
-				pin_bytes = true;
-			btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(head->extent_op);
-			delayed_refs->num_heads--;
-			if (list_empty(&head->cluster))
-				delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
-			list_del_init(&head->cluster);
-		}
-
-		ref->in_tree = 0;
-		rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &delayed_refs->root);
-		if (head)
-			rb_erase(&head->href_node, &delayed_refs->href_root);
-
-		delayed_refs->num_entries--;
-		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-		if (head) {
-			if (pin_bytes)
-				btrfs_pin_extent(root, ref->bytenr,
-						 ref->num_bytes, 1);
+			mutex_lock(&head->mutex);
 			mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
+			btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
+			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			continue;
+		}
+		spin_lock(&head->lock);
+		while ((node = rb_first(&head->ref_root)) != NULL) {
+			ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node,
+				       rb_node);
+			ref->in_tree = 0;
+			rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &head->ref_root);
+			atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
+			btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
+			cond_resched_lock(&head->lock);
 		}
-		btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
+		if (head->must_insert_reserved)
+			pin_bytes = true;
+		btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(head->extent_op);
+		delayed_refs->num_heads--;
+		if (head->processing == 0)
+			delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
+		atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
+		head->node.in_tree = 0;
+		rb_erase(&head->href_node, &delayed_refs->href_root);
+		spin_unlock(&head->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
 
+		if (pin_bytes)
+			btrfs_pin_extent(root, head->node.bytenr,
+					 head->node.num_bytes, 1);
+		btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
 		cond_resched();
 		spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 77acc08738959b4c50e0e01cced58cd8e7d308df..c77156c77de7d21429fe3bf3eaa1fe313f3408b3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -857,12 +857,14 @@ int btrfs_lookup_extent_info(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
 			goto search_again;
 		}
+		spin_lock(&head->lock);
 		if (head->extent_op && head->extent_op->update_flags)
 			extent_flags |= head->extent_op->flags_to_set;
 		else
 			BUG_ON(num_refs == 0);
 
 		num_refs += head->node.ref_mod;
+		spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
@@ -2287,40 +2289,33 @@ static noinline struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *
 select_delayed_ref(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node;
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref;
-	int action = BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF;
-again:
+	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref, *last = NULL;;
+
 	/*
 	 * select delayed ref of type BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF first.
 	 * this prevents ref count from going down to zero when
 	 * there still are pending delayed ref.
 	 */
-	node = rb_prev(&head->node.rb_node);
-	while (1) {
-		if (!node)
-			break;
+	node = rb_first(&head->ref_root);
+	while (node) {
 		ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node,
 				rb_node);
-		if (ref->bytenr != head->node.bytenr)
-			break;
-		if (ref->action == action)
+		if (ref->action == BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF)
 			return ref;
-		node = rb_prev(node);
-	}
-	if (action == BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF) {
-		action = BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF;
-		goto again;
+		else if (last == NULL)
+			last = ref;
+		node = rb_next(node);
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return last;
 }
 
 /*
  * Returns 0 on success or if called with an already aborted transaction.
  * Returns -ENOMEM or -EIO on failure and will abort the transaction.
  */
-static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				       struct btrfs_root *root,
-				       struct list_head *cluster)
+static noinline int __btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+					     struct btrfs_root *root,
+					     unsigned long nr)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref;
@@ -2328,23 +2323,26 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_delayed_extent_op *extent_op;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	int ret;
-	int count = 0;
+	unsigned long count = 0;
 	int must_insert_reserved = 0;
 
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
 	while (1) {
 		if (!locked_ref) {
-			/* pick a new head ref from the cluster list */
-			if (list_empty(cluster))
+			if (count >= nr)
 				break;
 
-			locked_ref = list_entry(cluster->next,
-				     struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head, cluster);
+			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			locked_ref = btrfs_select_ref_head(trans);
+			if (!locked_ref) {
+				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+				break;
+			}
 
 			/* grab the lock that says we are going to process
 			 * all the refs for this head */
 			ret = btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(trans, locked_ref);
-
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			/*
 			 * we may have dropped the spin lock to get the head
 			 * mutex lock, and that might have given someone else
@@ -2365,6 +2363,7 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 * finish.  If we merged anything we need to re-loop so we can
 		 * get a good ref.
 		 */
+		spin_lock(&locked_ref->lock);
 		btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(trans, fs_info, delayed_refs,
 					 locked_ref);
 
@@ -2376,17 +2375,14 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		if (ref && ref->seq &&
 		    btrfs_check_delayed_seq(fs_info, delayed_refs, ref->seq)) {
-			/*
-			 * there are still refs with lower seq numbers in the
-			 * process of being added. Don't run this ref yet.
-			 */
-			list_del_init(&locked_ref->cluster);
+			spin_unlock(&locked_ref->lock);
 			btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(locked_ref);
-			locked_ref = NULL;
+			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			locked_ref->processing = 0;
 			delayed_refs->num_heads_ready++;
 			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			locked_ref = NULL;
 			cond_resched();
-			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -2401,6 +2397,8 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		locked_ref->extent_op = NULL;
 
 		if (!ref) {
+
+
 			/* All delayed refs have been processed, Go ahead
 			 * and send the head node to run_one_delayed_ref,
 			 * so that any accounting fixes can happen
@@ -2413,8 +2411,7 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			}
 
 			if (extent_op) {
-				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-
+				spin_unlock(&locked_ref->lock);
 				ret = run_delayed_extent_op(trans, root,
 							    ref, extent_op);
 				btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(extent_op);
@@ -2428,23 +2425,38 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					 */
 					if (must_insert_reserved)
 						locked_ref->must_insert_reserved = 1;
+					locked_ref->processing = 0;
 					btrfs_debug(fs_info, "run_delayed_extent_op returned %d", ret);
-					spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 					btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(locked_ref);
 					return ret;
 				}
-
-				goto next;
+				continue;
 			}
-		}
 
-		ref->in_tree = 0;
-		rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &delayed_refs->root);
-		if (btrfs_delayed_ref_is_head(ref)) {
+			/*
+			 * Need to drop our head ref lock and re-aqcuire the
+			 * delayed ref lock and then re-check to make sure
+			 * nobody got added.
+			 */
+			spin_unlock(&locked_ref->lock);
+			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+			spin_lock(&locked_ref->lock);
+			if (rb_first(&locked_ref->ref_root)) {
+				spin_unlock(&locked_ref->lock);
+				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+				continue;
+			}
+			ref->in_tree = 0;
+			delayed_refs->num_heads--;
 			rb_erase(&locked_ref->href_node,
 				 &delayed_refs->href_root);
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		} else {
+			ref->in_tree = 0;
+			rb_erase(&ref->rb_node, &locked_ref->ref_root);
 		}
-		delayed_refs->num_entries--;
+		atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
+
 		if (!btrfs_delayed_ref_is_head(ref)) {
 			/*
 			 * when we play the delayed ref, also correct the
@@ -2461,20 +2473,18 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			default:
 				WARN_ON(1);
 			}
-		} else {
-			list_del_init(&locked_ref->cluster);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&locked_ref->lock);
 
 		ret = run_one_delayed_ref(trans, root, ref, extent_op,
 					  must_insert_reserved);
 
 		btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(extent_op);
 		if (ret) {
+			locked_ref->processing = 0;
 			btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(locked_ref);
 			btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
 			btrfs_debug(fs_info, "run_one_delayed_ref returned %d", ret);
-			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			return ret;
 		}
 
@@ -2490,11 +2500,9 @@ static noinline int run_clustered_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		}
 		btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
 		count++;
-next:
 		cond_resched();
-		spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	}
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef SCRAMBLE_DELAYED_REFS
@@ -2576,16 +2584,6 @@ int btrfs_delayed_refs_qgroup_accounting(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int refs_newer(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs, int seq,
-		      int count)
-{
-	int val = atomic_read(&delayed_refs->ref_seq);
-
-	if (val < seq || val >= seq + count)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline u64 heads_to_leaves(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 heads)
 {
 	u64 num_bytes;
@@ -2647,12 +2645,9 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct rb_node *node;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
-	struct list_head cluster;
 	int ret;
-	u64 delayed_start;
 	int run_all = count == (unsigned long)-1;
 	int run_most = 0;
-	int loops;
 
 	/* We'll clean this up in btrfs_cleanup_transaction */
 	if (trans->aborted)
@@ -2664,121 +2659,31 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_delayed_refs_qgroup_accounting(trans, root->fs_info);
 
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cluster);
 	if (count == 0) {
-		count = delayed_refs->num_entries * 2;
+		count = atomic_read(&delayed_refs->num_entries) * 2;
 		run_most = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!run_all && !run_most) {
-		int old;
-		int seq = atomic_read(&delayed_refs->ref_seq);
-
-progress:
-		old = atomic_cmpxchg(&delayed_refs->procs_running_refs, 0, 1);
-		if (old) {
-			DEFINE_WAIT(__wait);
-			if (delayed_refs->flushing ||
-			    !btrfs_should_throttle_delayed_refs(trans, root))
-				return 0;
-
-			prepare_to_wait(&delayed_refs->wait, &__wait,
-					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-
-			old = atomic_cmpxchg(&delayed_refs->procs_running_refs, 0, 1);
-			if (old) {
-				schedule();
-				finish_wait(&delayed_refs->wait, &__wait);
-
-				if (!refs_newer(delayed_refs, seq, 256))
-					goto progress;
-				else
-					return 0;
-			} else {
-				finish_wait(&delayed_refs->wait, &__wait);
-				goto again;
-			}
-		}
-
-	} else {
-		atomic_inc(&delayed_refs->procs_running_refs);
-	}
-
 again:
-	loops = 0;
-	spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-
 #ifdef SCRAMBLE_DELAYED_REFS
 	delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = find_middle(&delayed_refs->root);
 #endif
-
-	while (1) {
-		if (!(run_all || run_most) &&
-		    !btrfs_should_throttle_delayed_refs(trans, root))
-			break;
-
-		/*
-		 * go find something we can process in the rbtree.  We start at
-		 * the beginning of the tree, and then build a cluster
-		 * of refs to process starting at the first one we are able to
-		 * lock
-		 */
-		delayed_start = delayed_refs->run_delayed_start;
-		ret = btrfs_find_ref_cluster(trans, &cluster,
-					     delayed_refs->run_delayed_start);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-
-		ret = run_clustered_refs(trans, root, &cluster);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			btrfs_release_ref_cluster(&cluster);
-			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
-			atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->procs_running_refs);
-			wake_up(&delayed_refs->wait);
-			return ret;
-		}
-
-		atomic_add(ret, &delayed_refs->ref_seq);
-
-		count -= min_t(unsigned long, ret, count);
-
-		if (count == 0)
-			break;
-
-		if (delayed_start >= delayed_refs->run_delayed_start) {
-			if (loops == 0) {
-				/*
-				 * btrfs_find_ref_cluster looped. let's do one
-				 * more cycle. if we don't run any delayed ref
-				 * during that cycle (because we can't because
-				 * all of them are blocked), bail out.
-				 */
-				loops = 1;
-			} else {
-				/*
-				 * no runnable refs left, stop trying
-				 */
-				BUG_ON(run_all);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (ret) {
-			/* refs were run, let's reset staleness detection */
-			loops = 0;
-		}
+	ret = __btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, count);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (run_all) {
-		if (!list_empty(&trans->new_bgs)) {
-			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		if (!list_empty(&trans->new_bgs))
 			btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(trans, root);
-			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-		}
 
+		spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 		node = rb_first(&delayed_refs->href_root);
-		if (!node)
+		if (!node) {
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		count = (unsigned long)-1;
 
 		while (node) {
@@ -2807,16 +2712,10 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			node = rb_next(node);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-		schedule_timeout(1);
+		cond_resched();
 		goto again;
 	}
 out:
-	atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->procs_running_refs);
-	smp_mb();
-	if (waitqueue_active(&delayed_refs->wait))
-		wake_up(&delayed_refs->wait);
-
-	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	assert_qgroups_uptodate(trans);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2858,12 +2757,13 @@ static noinline int check_delayed_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct rb_node *node;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = -ENOENT;
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
 	spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	head = btrfs_find_delayed_ref_head(trans, bytenr);
-	if (!head)
-		goto out;
+	if (!head) {
+		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&head->mutex)) {
 		atomic_inc(&head->node.refs);
@@ -2880,40 +2780,35 @@ static noinline int check_delayed_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 
-	node = rb_prev(&head->node.rb_node);
-	if (!node)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
-
-	if (ref->bytenr != bytenr)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	spin_lock(&head->lock);
+	node = rb_first(&head->ref_root);
+	while (node) {
+		ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
+		node = rb_next(node);
 
-	ret = 1;
-	if (ref->type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_REF_KEY)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		/* If it's a shared ref we know a cross reference exists */
+		if (ref->type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_REF_KEY) {
+			ret = 1;
+			break;
+		}
 
-	data_ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_data_ref(ref);
+		data_ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_data_ref(ref);
 
-	node = rb_prev(node);
-	if (node) {
-		int seq = ref->seq;
-
-		ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
-		if (ref->bytenr == bytenr && ref->seq == seq)
-			goto out_unlock;
+		/*
+		 * If our ref doesn't match the one we're currently looking at
+		 * then we have a cross reference.
+		 */
+		if (data_ref->root != root->root_key.objectid ||
+		    data_ref->objectid != objectid ||
+		    data_ref->offset != offset) {
+			ret = 1;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
-
-	if (data_ref->root != root->root_key.objectid ||
-	    data_ref->objectid != objectid || data_ref->offset != offset)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	ret = 0;
-out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
-out:
-	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5953,8 +5848,6 @@ static noinline int check_ref_cleanup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs;
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node *ref;
-	struct rb_node *node;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
@@ -5963,14 +5856,8 @@ static noinline int check_ref_cleanup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (!head)
 		goto out;
 
-	node = rb_prev(&head->node.rb_node);
-	if (!node)
-		goto out;
-
-	ref = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node, rb_node);
-
-	/* there are still entries for this ref, we can't drop it */
-	if (ref->bytenr == bytenr)
+	spin_lock(&head->lock);
+	if (rb_first(&head->ref_root))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (head->extent_op) {
@@ -5992,20 +5879,19 @@ static noinline int check_ref_cleanup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * ahead and process it.
 	 */
 	head->node.in_tree = 0;
-	rb_erase(&head->node.rb_node, &delayed_refs->root);
 	rb_erase(&head->href_node, &delayed_refs->href_root);
 
-	delayed_refs->num_entries--;
+	atomic_dec(&delayed_refs->num_entries);
 
 	/*
 	 * we don't take a ref on the node because we're removing it from the
 	 * tree, so we just steal the ref the tree was holding.
 	 */
 	delayed_refs->num_heads--;
-	if (list_empty(&head->cluster))
+	if (head->processing == 0)
 		delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
-
-	list_del_init(&head->cluster);
+	head->processing = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 
 	BUG_ON(head->extent_op);
@@ -6016,6 +5902,7 @@ static noinline int check_ref_cleanup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_put_delayed_ref(&head->node);
 	return ret;
 out:
+	spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index b16352ce0f73a7fe6662c9d078dda14585d68e0a..fd1446496fe8da2b4c9ed8a65fa205d3bfeaba4d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction)
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&transaction->use_count) == 0);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->use_count)) {
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&transaction->list));
-		WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&transaction->delayed_refs.root));
 		WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&transaction->delayed_refs.href_root));
 		while (!list_empty(&transaction->pending_chunks)) {
 			struct extent_map *em;
@@ -184,9 +183,8 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int type)
 	atomic_set(&cur_trans->use_count, 2);
 	cur_trans->start_time = get_seconds();
 
-	cur_trans->delayed_refs.root = RB_ROOT;
 	cur_trans->delayed_refs.href_root = RB_ROOT;
-	cur_trans->delayed_refs.num_entries = 0;
+	atomic_set(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.num_entries, 0);
 	cur_trans->delayed_refs.num_heads_ready = 0;
 	cur_trans->delayed_refs.num_heads = 0;
 	cur_trans->delayed_refs.flushing = 0;
@@ -206,9 +204,6 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int type)
 	atomic64_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.lock);
-	atomic_set(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.procs_running_refs, 0);
-	atomic_set(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.ref_seq, 0);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.wait);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->pending_snapshots);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->ordered_operations);