diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index f51b509f2d9b861c92ab323c3f1c8e26ad08e780..e9522f2f25ccbc41370a6dba7ecac68a3b447a23 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1939,12 +1939,19 @@ void btrfs_kill_all_delayed_nodes(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		}
 
 		inode_id = delayed_nodes[n - 1]->inode_id + 1;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-			refcount_inc(&delayed_nodes[i]->refs);
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			/*
+			 * Don't increase refs in case the node is dead and
+			 * about to be removed from the tree in the loop below
+			 */
+			if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&delayed_nodes[i]->refs))
+				delayed_nodes[i] = NULL;
+		}
 		spin_unlock(&root->inode_lock);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			if (!delayed_nodes[i])
+				continue;
 			__btrfs_kill_delayed_node(delayed_nodes[i]);
 			btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_nodes[i]);
 		}