diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 1f62c1ccab1fef0a8780df61337444c4b51aa326..02f552f11829148e8f681a05dd288bf7331f5bc2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,12 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		 * this also happens on 'umount -rf' or on shutdown, when
 		 * the filesystem is busy.
 		 */
+
+		/* wait for the uuid_scan task to finish */
+		down(&fs_info->uuid_tree_rescan_sem);
+		/* avoid complains from lockdep et al. */
+		up(&fs_info->uuid_tree_rescan_sem);
+
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 
 		btrfs_dev_replace_suspend_for_unmount(fs_info);