diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 19bc6162fb8e899cc51bd3d777fcbddf91589aa6..150822ee0a0b9f9668f071885c4f018b1c9f6bf3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ noinline void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p,
 {
 	int i;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-	/* lockdep really cares that we take all of these spinlocks
-	 * in the right order.  If any of the locks in the path are not
-	 * currently blocking, it is going to complain.  So, make really
-	 * really sure by forcing the path to blocking before we clear
-	 * the path blocking.
-	 */
 	if (held) {
 		btrfs_set_lock_blocking_rw(held, held_rw);
 		if (held_rw == BTRFS_WRITE_LOCK)
@@ -95,7 +88,6 @@ noinline void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p,
 			held_rw = BTRFS_READ_LOCK_BLOCKING;
 	}
 	btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
-#endif
 
 	for (i = BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		if (p->nodes[i] && p->locks[i]) {
@@ -107,10 +99,8 @@ noinline void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p,
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	if (held)
 		btrfs_clear_lock_blocking_rw(held, held_rw);
-#endif
 }
 
 /* this also releases the path */
@@ -2893,7 +2883,7 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 					}
 					p->locks[level] = BTRFS_WRITE_LOCK;
 				} else {
-					err = btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(b);
+					err = btrfs_tree_read_lock_atomic(b);
 					if (!err) {
 						btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 						btrfs_tree_read_lock(b);
@@ -3025,7 +3015,7 @@ int btrfs_search_old_slot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_key *key,
 			}
 
 			level = btrfs_header_level(b);
-			err = btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(b);
+			err = btrfs_tree_read_lock_atomic(b);
 			if (!err) {
 				btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 				btrfs_tree_read_lock(b);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.c b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
index 5665d2149249d1d83a260c74f21889e1d394a6c3..f8229ef1b46df098a3b04260c4f943db3e924d49 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
@@ -127,6 +127,26 @@ void btrfs_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 	atomic_inc(&eb->spinning_readers);
 }
 
+/*
+ * take a spinning read lock.
+ * returns 1 if we get the read lock and 0 if we don't
+ * this won't wait for blocking writers
+ */
+int btrfs_tree_read_lock_atomic(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	if (atomic_read(&eb->blocking_writers))
+		return 0;
+
+	read_lock(&eb->lock);
+	if (atomic_read(&eb->blocking_writers)) {
+		read_unlock(&eb->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	atomic_inc(&eb->read_locks);
+	atomic_inc(&eb->spinning_readers);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * returns 1 if we get the read lock and 0 if we don't
  * this won't wait for blocking writers
@@ -158,9 +178,7 @@ int btrfs_try_tree_write_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 	    atomic_read(&eb->blocking_readers))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!write_trylock(&eb->lock))
-		return 0;
-
+	write_lock(&eb->lock);
 	if (atomic_read(&eb->blocking_writers) ||
 	    atomic_read(&eb->blocking_readers)) {
 		write_unlock(&eb->lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.h b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
index b81e0e9a48941891681eef385d10d071f6cbe51b..c44a9d5f5362b0dcb1c525eca16b57aead8a58ae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ void btrfs_clear_lock_blocking_rw(struct extent_buffer *eb, int rw);
 void btrfs_assert_tree_locked(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int btrfs_try_tree_write_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+int btrfs_tree_read_lock_atomic(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+
 
 static inline void btrfs_tree_unlock_rw(struct extent_buffer *eb, int rw)
 {