diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 3d8ab27622cd7fd3463409c1c5b3cb2e8f7ca020..15baf9456300ea9bb10faaecd2a48c0f707fdd89 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3216,8 +3216,9 @@ void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int lock,
 	}
 }
 
-static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
+static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs;
 	struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl;
@@ -3229,6 +3230,10 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
 	if (fs_info->sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return -EROFS;
 
+	ret = mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
 
@@ -3295,6 +3300,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3390,7 +3396,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_dev_info(root, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE:
-		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(root, NULL);
+		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(file, NULL);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_CLONE:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_clone(file, arg, 0, 0, 0);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE:
@@ -3423,7 +3429,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_SCRUB_PROGRESS:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_scrub_progress(root, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2:
-		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(root, argp);
+		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(file, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl(root, arg);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_PROGRESS: