diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index df1a496bc8d446fc138daa43aae59ad38f1d3eec..af2ecca8a109e887879e26209a3b854fda5261a8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ static struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_delayed_node(struct inode *inode)
 			return node;
 		}
 		btrfs_inode->delayed_node = node;
-		atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* can be accessed */
-		atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* cached in the inode */
+		/* can be accessed and cached in the inode */
+		atomic_add(2, &node->refs);
 		spin_unlock(&root->inode_lock);
 		return node;
 	}
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ static struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	btrfs_init_delayed_node(node, root, ino);
 
-	atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* cached in the btrfs inode */
-	atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* can be accessed */
+	/* cached in the btrfs inode and can be accessed */
+	atomic_add(2, &node->refs);
 
 	ret = radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 	if (ret) {