diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index aaa12c1eb3483a8371df48e5765b986c436451c4..01c21b6c6d43e44a28a4c862ca6532d6f8b02654 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3324,6 +3324,7 @@ static int extent_write_cache_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			     writepage_t writepage, void *data,
 			     void (*flush_fn)(void *))
 {
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int done = 0;
 	int nr_to_write_done = 0;
@@ -3334,6 +3335,18 @@ static int extent_write_cache_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	int scanned = 0;
 	int tag;
 
+	/*
+	 * We have to hold onto the inode so that ordered extents can do their
+	 * work when the IO finishes.  The alternative to this is failing to add
+	 * an ordered extent if the igrab() fails there and that is a huge pain
+	 * to deal with, so instead just hold onto the inode throughout the
+	 * writepages operation.  If it fails here we are freeing up the inode
+	 * anyway and we'd rather not waste our time writing out stuff that is
+	 * going to be truncated anyway.
+	 */
+	if (!igrab(inode))
+		return 0;
+
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
@@ -3428,6 +3441,7 @@ static int extent_write_cache_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 		index = 0;
 		goto retry;
 	}
+	btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
 	return ret;
 }