diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 1e9f6c019ad069ea51a5bc7ea475fd0d804dc1ae..cd93eb530b743742a8461de356fc3f5eb28f74e5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
 		return -EACCES;
 
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	ip_oldflags = ip->flags;
@@ -207,10 +211,6 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
 		ip->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_SYNC;
 	else
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		inode->i_flags = i_oldflags;
 	}
 
-	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
  out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -641,6 +641,10 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int error;
 
+	error = mnt_want_write(parent->mnt);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent->dentry, namelen);
@@ -652,13 +656,9 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
 		goto out_dput;
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(parent->mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_dput;
-
 	error = btrfs_may_create(dir, dentry);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_dput;
 
 	down_read(&BTRFS_I(dir)->root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
 
@@ -676,12 +676,11 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 		fsnotify_mkdir(dir, dentry);
 out_up_read:
 	up_read(&BTRFS_I(dir)->root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write(parent->mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write(parent->mnt);
 	return error;
 }