diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 086303b9be64e87af8ce5593b2f1a31dfb2a4eaa..4106264fbc655ac79b26efa1177384ea92b72988 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ int btrfs_realloc_node(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		cur = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, blocknr, blocksize);
 		if (cur)
-			uptodate = btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur, gen);
+			uptodate = btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur, gen, 0);
 		else
 			uptodate = 0;
 		if (!cur || !uptodate) {
@@ -1360,7 +1360,12 @@ static noinline int reada_for_balance(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		block1 = btrfs_node_blockptr(parent, slot - 1);
 		gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(parent, slot - 1);
 		eb = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, block1, blocksize);
-		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen))
+		/*
+		 * if we get -eagain from btrfs_buffer_uptodate, we
+		 * don't want to return eagain here.  That will loop
+		 * forever
+		 */
+		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen, 1) != 0)
 			block1 = 0;
 		free_extent_buffer(eb);
 	}
@@ -1368,7 +1373,7 @@ static noinline int reada_for_balance(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		block2 = btrfs_node_blockptr(parent, slot + 1);
 		gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(parent, slot + 1);
 		eb = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, block2, blocksize);
-		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen))
+		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen, 1) != 0)
 			block2 = 0;
 		free_extent_buffer(eb);
 	}
@@ -1506,8 +1511,9 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	tmp = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, blocknr, blocksize);
 	if (tmp) {
-		if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, 0)) {
-			if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen)) {
+		/* first we do an atomic uptodate check */
+		if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, 0, 1) > 0) {
+			if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen, 1) > 0) {
 				/*
 				 * we found an up to date block without
 				 * sleeping, return
@@ -1525,8 +1531,9 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			free_extent_buffer(tmp);
 			btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 
+			/* now we're allowed to do a blocking uptodate check */
 			tmp = read_tree_block(root, blocknr, blocksize, gen);
-			if (tmp && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen)) {
+			if (tmp && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen, 0) > 0) {
 				*eb_ret = tmp;
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -1561,7 +1568,7 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 * and give up so that our caller doesn't loop forever
 		 * on our EAGAINs.
 		 */
-		if (!btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, 0))
+		if (!btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, 0, 0))
 			ret = -EIO;
 		free_extent_buffer(tmp);
 	}
@@ -4045,7 +4052,7 @@ int btrfs_search_forward(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_key *min_key,
 			tmp = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, blockptr,
 					    btrfs_level_size(root, level - 1));
 
-			if (tmp && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen)) {
+			if (tmp && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(tmp, gen, 1) > 0) {
 				free_extent_buffer(tmp);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -4168,7 +4175,8 @@ int btrfs_find_next_key(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
 				struct extent_buffer *cur;
 				cur = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, blockptr,
 					    btrfs_level_size(root, level - 1));
-				if (!cur || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur, gen)) {
+				if (!cur ||
+				    btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur, gen, 1) <= 0) {
 					slot++;
 					if (cur)
 						free_extent_buffer(cur);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d0c969beaad4d30a52e13ebb74d3f4fcefa9fece..a7ffc88a7dbe4bcc028d3397970275dffcf0492e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ static int csum_tree_block(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *buf,
  * in the wrong place.
  */
 static int verify_parent_transid(struct extent_io_tree *io_tree,
-				 struct extent_buffer *eb, u64 parent_transid)
+				 struct extent_buffer *eb, u64 parent_transid,
+				 int atomic)
 {
 	struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -331,6 +332,9 @@ static int verify_parent_transid(struct extent_io_tree *io_tree,
 	if (!parent_transid || btrfs_header_generation(eb) == parent_transid)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (atomic)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	lock_extent_bits(io_tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
 			 0, &cached_state);
 	if (extent_buffer_uptodate(eb) &&
@@ -372,7 +376,8 @@ static int btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(io_tree, eb, start,
 					       WAIT_COMPLETE,
 					       btree_get_extent, mirror_num);
-		if (!ret && !verify_parent_transid(io_tree, eb, parent_transid))
+		if (!ret && !verify_parent_transid(io_tree, eb,
+						   parent_transid, 0))
 			break;
 
 		/*
@@ -1202,7 +1207,7 @@ static int __must_check find_and_setup_root(struct btrfs_root *tree_root,
 	root->commit_root = NULL;
 	root->node = read_tree_block(root, btrfs_root_bytenr(&root->root_item),
 				     blocksize, generation);
-	if (!root->node || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(root->node, generation)) {
+	if (!root->node || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(root->node, generation, 0)) {
 		free_extent_buffer(root->node);
 		root->node = NULL;
 		return -EIO;
@@ -3143,7 +3148,8 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid)
+int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid,
+			  int atomic)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct inode *btree_inode = buf->pages[0]->mapping->host;
@@ -3153,7 +3159,9 @@ int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = verify_parent_transid(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree, buf,
-				    parent_transid);
+				    parent_transid, atomic);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+		return ret;
 	return !ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
index a7ace1a2dd12516a57102e44591f881e922ed89d..ab1830aaf0edbffba6a0cef86d13e9b3f2742cda 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ void btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long nr);
 void __btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long nr);
 void btrfs_free_fs_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(struct extent_buffer *buf);
-int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid);
+int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid,
+			  int atomic);
 int btrfs_set_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf);
 int btrfs_read_buffer(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid);
 u32 btrfs_csum_data(struct btrfs_root *root, char *data, u32 seed, size_t len);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 6fc2e6f5aab859f2c94ca7135c57cee2de8218ba..49fd7b66d57b272c7aeaea7db4b1bbd0985f8aa2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -6568,7 +6568,7 @@ static noinline int do_walk_down(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			goto skip;
 	}
 
-	if (!btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next, generation)) {
+	if (!btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next, generation, 0)) {
 		btrfs_tree_unlock(next);
 		free_extent_buffer(next);
 		next = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index d017283ae6f56fa8ea0ba1eeaa04077d443eb0fb..eb1ae908582cc51162a61798c80f3ed38e7ab6e8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int process_one_buffer(struct btrfs_root *log,
 						log->fs_info->extent_root,
 						eb->start, eb->len);
 
-	if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen)) {
+	if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen, 0)) {
 		if (wc->write)
 			btrfs_write_tree_block(eb);
 		if (wc->wait)