diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 2bc34408872d70a86c8bdfe065d17286969392c9..a17d9991c333db4f5fa8602cb740d8f4338b97df 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -360,6 +360,44 @@ static inline void tree_mod_log_write_unlock(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	write_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Increment the upper half of tree_mod_seq, set lower half zero.
+ *
+ * Must be called with fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock held.
+ */
+static inline u64 btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq_major(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	u64 seq = atomic64_read(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq);
+	seq &= 0xffffffff00000000ull;
+	seq += 1ull << 32;
+	atomic64_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, seq);
+	return seq;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Increment the lower half of tree_mod_seq.
+ *
+ * Must be called with fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock held. The way major numbers
+ * are generated should not technically require a spin lock here. (Rationale:
+ * incrementing the minor while incrementing the major seq number is between its
+ * atomic64_read and atomic64_set calls doesn't duplicate sequence numbers, it
+ * just returns a unique sequence number as usual.) We have decided to leave
+ * that requirement in here and rethink it once we notice it really imposes a
+ * problem on some workload.
+ */
+static inline u64 btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq_minor(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	return atomic64_inc_return(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * return the last minor in the previous major tree_mod_seq number
+ */
+u64 btrfs_tree_mod_seq_prev(u64 seq)
+{
+	return (seq & 0xffffffff00000000ull) - 1ull;
+}
+
 /*
  * This adds a new blocker to the tree mod log's blocker list if the @elem
  * passed does not already have a sequence number set. So when a caller expects
@@ -376,10 +414,10 @@ u64 btrfs_get_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	tree_mod_log_write_lock(fs_info);
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	if (!elem->seq) {
-		elem->seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq(fs_info);
+		elem->seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq_major(fs_info);
 		list_add_tail(&elem->list, &fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list);
 	}
-	seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq(fs_info);
+	seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq_minor(fs_info);
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	tree_mod_log_write_unlock(fs_info);
 
@@ -524,7 +562,10 @@ static inline int tree_mod_alloc(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, gfp_t flags,
 	if (!tm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	tm->seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq(fs_info);
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	tm->seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq_minor(fs_info);
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+
 	return tm->seq;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 37c4da3403d0655ba9dcc2c38bb7dbea8e2b6ab1..2c48f52aba405e15a82473008dfa2188938bca40 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 
 	/* this protects tree_mod_seq_list */
 	spinlock_t tree_mod_seq_lock;
-	atomic_t tree_mod_seq;
+	atomic64_t tree_mod_seq;
 	struct list_head tree_mod_seq_list;
 	struct seq_list tree_mod_seq_elem;
 
@@ -3332,10 +3332,7 @@ u64 btrfs_get_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			   struct seq_list *elem);
 void btrfs_put_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			    struct seq_list *elem);
-static inline u64 btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	return atomic_inc_return(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq);
-}
+u64 btrfs_tree_mod_seq_prev(u64 seq);
 int btrfs_old_root_level(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 time_seq);
 
 /* root-item.c */
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index 116abec7a29c20e801367403c0328ba773ef7915..c219463fb1fde9ede3cbe9d53622c8659b1545b0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -361,8 +361,10 @@ int btrfs_check_delayed_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		elem = list_first_entry(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list,
 					struct seq_list, list);
 		if (seq >= elem->seq) {
-			pr_debug("holding back delayed_ref %llu, lowest is "
-				 "%llu (%p)\n", seq, elem->seq, delayed_refs);
+			pr_debug("holding back delayed_ref %#x.%x, lowest is %#x.%x (%p)\n",
+				 (u32)(seq >> 32), (u32)seq,
+				 (u32)(elem->seq >> 32), (u32)elem->seq,
+				 delayed_refs);
 			ret = 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e4488b57a7aef1e435a57cc2bbb4ca28e2665f82..92c44ed78de11012b19b462b6e339f34a9f5c915 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	atomic_set(&fs_info->async_submit_draining, 0);
 	atomic_set(&fs_info->nr_async_bios, 0);
 	atomic_set(&fs_info->defrag_running, 0);
-	atomic_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
 	fs_info->sb = sb;
 	fs_info->max_inline = 8192 * 1024;
 	fs_info->metadata_ratio = 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index f8a5652b0c4372b52dda46ed3906721bf1220c9b..1cae6631b3d856a68ee1ca3a51d886ab5c425c47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2541,9 +2541,10 @@ int btrfs_delayed_refs_qgroup_accounting(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	    !trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq) {
 		/* list without seq or seq without list */
 		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-			"qgroup accounting update error, list is%s empty, seq is %llu",
+			"qgroup accounting update error, list is%s empty, seq is %#x.%x",
 			list_empty(&trans->qgroup_ref_list) ? "" : " not",
-			trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq);
+			(u32)(trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq >> 32),
+			(u32)trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq);
 		BUG();
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index f175471da8829ffd06800bcf0fbfe51af5cccf4b..e5c56238b6c67f5aa466b9e87601c4fb82bfc817 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1242,9 +1242,11 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_account_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	case BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF:
 	case BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_EXTENT:
 		sgn = 1;
+		seq = btrfs_tree_mod_seq_prev(node->seq);
 		break;
 	case BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF:
 		sgn = -1;
+		seq = node->seq;
 		break;
 	case BTRFS_UPDATE_DELAYED_HEAD:
 		return 0;
@@ -1254,14 +1256,14 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_account_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	/*
 	 * the delayed ref sequence number we pass depends on the direction of
-	 * the operation. for add operations, we pass (node->seq - 1) to skip
+	 * the operation. for add operations, we pass
+	 * tree_mod_log_prev_seq(node->seq) to skip
 	 * the delayed ref's current sequence number, because we need the state
 	 * of the tree before the add operation. for delete operations, we pass
 	 * (node->seq) to include the delayed ref's current sequence number,
 	 * because we need the state of the tree after the delete operation.
 	 */
-	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(trans, fs_info, node->bytenr,
-				   sgn > 0 ? node->seq - 1 : node->seq, &roots);
+	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(trans, fs_info, node->bytenr, seq, &roots);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1772,8 +1774,9 @@ void assert_qgroups_uptodate(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 {
 	if (list_empty(&trans->qgroup_ref_list) && !trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq)
 		return;
-	printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: qgroups not uptodate in trans handle %p: list is%s empty, seq is %llu\n",
+	pr_err("btrfs: qgroups not uptodate in trans handle %p: list is%s empty, seq is %#x.%x\n",
 		trans, list_empty(&trans->qgroup_ref_list) ? "" : " not",
-		trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq);
+		(u32)(trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq >> 32),
+		(u32)trans->delayed_ref_elem.seq);
 	BUG();
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 258fcebc7ccf8f8ec3a7587ee32188fd53c50864..18d6fb7be26571a794c2c49e74d31faf97b9aa92 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, int type)
 	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&fs_info->tree_mod_log))
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "btrfs: tree_mod_log rb tree not empty when "
 			"creating a fresh transaction\n");
-	atomic_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq, 0);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->commit_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.lock);