diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 37dd8d0f1fb330c04bea3d734637be9033758ab2..3d983dea57afbbcd680a6627bfb89c3c94412354 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5080,7 +5080,8 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
 	/* do we really want it for ->i_nlink > 0 and zero btrfs_root_refs? */
-	btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, 0, (u64)-1);
+	if (!special_file(inode->i_mode))
+		btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, 0, (u64)-1);
 
 	btrfs_free_io_failure_record(inode, 0, (u64)-1);