diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 6acb573e7d6bf7a1e49005b047cd89a4259af389..adebe12e497e4f6529542cf2d9302cbea9373a16 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static int copy_nocow_pages_for_inode(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 root,
 static int copy_nocow_pages(struct scrub_ctx *sctx, u64 logical, u64 len,
 			    int mirror_num, u64 physical_for_dev_replace);
 static void copy_nocow_pages_worker(struct btrfs_work *work);
+static void __scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 static void scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 
 
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ static void scrub_pending_bio_dec(struct scrub_ctx *sctx)
 	wake_up(&sctx->list_wait);
 }
 
-static void scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+static void __scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	while (atomic_read(&fs_info->scrub_pause_req)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
@@ -280,6 +281,19 @@ static void scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	}
 }
 
+static void scrub_blocked_if_needed(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
+	wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
+
+	mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
+	__scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
+	atomic_dec(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
+	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
+
+	wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
+}
+
 /*
  * used for workers that require transaction commits (i.e., for the
  * NOCOW case)
@@ -2295,8 +2309,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_stripe(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 
 	wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
 		   atomic_read(&sctx->bios_in_flight) == 0);
-	atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-	wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
+	scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
 
 	/* FIXME it might be better to start readahead at commit root */
 	key_start.objectid = logical;
@@ -2320,12 +2333,6 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_stripe(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 	if (!IS_ERR(reada2))
 		btrfs_reada_wait(reada2);
 
-	mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-	scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
-	atomic_dec(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-
-	wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 
 	/*
 	 * collect all data csums for the stripe to avoid seeking during
@@ -2362,15 +2369,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_stripe(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 			wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
 				   atomic_read(&sctx->bios_in_flight) == 0);
 			atomic_set(&sctx->wr_ctx.flush_all_writes, 0);
-			atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-			wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
-
-			mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 			scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
-			atomic_dec(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-			mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-
-			wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 		}
 
 		key.objectid = logical;
@@ -2685,17 +2684,9 @@ int scrub_enumerate_chunks(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 		wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
 			   atomic_read(&sctx->bios_in_flight) == 0);
 		atomic_set(&sctx->wr_ctx.flush_all_writes, 0);
-		atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-		wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 		wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
 			   atomic_read(&sctx->workers_pending) == 0);
-
-		mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 		scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
-		atomic_dec(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
-		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-
-		wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 
 		btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
 		if (ret)
@@ -2912,7 +2903,7 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	 * checking @scrub_pause_req here, we can avoid
 	 * race between committing transaction and scrubbing.
 	 */
-	scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
+	__scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
 	atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_running);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 14516375777e1e2d671b6da12eb574acccaf5772..026f1fea963e1952273cf6d16034755976e9b473 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,8 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 
 	btrfs_wait_delalloc_flush(root->fs_info);
+
+	btrfs_scrub_pause(root);
 	/*
 	 * Ok now we need to make sure to block out any other joins while we
 	 * commit the transaction.  We could have started a join before setting
@@ -1812,7 +1814,6 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	WARN_ON(cur_trans != trans->transaction);
 
-	btrfs_scrub_pause(root);
 	/* btrfs_commit_tree_roots is responsible for getting the
 	 * various roots consistent with each other.  Every pointer
 	 * in the tree of tree roots has to point to the most up to date