diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 6a3f7f50ad37d1860b7da24048eff2b86f97efc0..835b6c9a26a83fda11c7963739eefed9294954f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,6 @@ static int iterate_inode_refs(u64 inum, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
 	struct btrfs_key found_key;
 
 	while (!ret) {
-		path->leave_spinning = 1;
 		ret = inode_ref_info(inum, parent ? parent+1 : 0, fs_root, path,
 				     &found_key);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -1582,9 +1581,12 @@ static int iterate_inode_refs(u64 inum, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
 
 		parent = found_key.offset;
 		slot = path->slots[0];
-		eb = path->nodes[0];
-		/* make sure we can use eb after releasing the path */
-		atomic_inc(&eb->refs);
+		eb = btrfs_clone_extent_buffer(path->nodes[0]);
+		if (!eb) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+		extent_buffer_get(eb);
 		btrfs_tree_read_lock(eb);
 		btrfs_set_lock_blocking_rw(eb, BTRFS_READ_LOCK);
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
@@ -1642,9 +1644,12 @@ static int iterate_inode_extrefs(u64 inum, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
 		++found;
 
 		slot = path->slots[0];
-		eb = path->nodes[0];
-		/* make sure we can use eb after releasing the path */
-		atomic_inc(&eb->refs);
+		eb = btrfs_clone_extent_buffer(path->nodes[0]);
+		if (!eb) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+		extent_buffer_get(eb);
 
 		btrfs_tree_read_lock(eb);
 		btrfs_set_lock_blocking_rw(eb, BTRFS_READ_LOCK);