diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index ceccd078c93dd24480ae547f68148af4ea405993..89656d799ff6fa3772b52cb17d535ebdc1cbb910 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -502,7 +502,21 @@ void btrfs_wait_logged_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		wait_event(ordered->wait, test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_IO_DONE,
 						   &ordered->flags));
 
-		list_add_tail(&ordered->trans_list, &trans->ordered);
+		/*
+		 * If our ordered extent completed it means it updated the
+		 * fs/subvol and csum trees already, so no need to make the
+		 * current transaction's commit wait for it, as we end up
+		 * holding memory unnecessarily and delaying the inode's iput
+		 * until the transaction commit (we schedule an iput for the
+		 * inode when the ordered extent's refcount drops to 0), which
+		 * prevents it from being evictable until the transaction
+		 * commits.
+		 */
+		if (test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_COMPLETE, &ordered->flags))
+			btrfs_put_ordered_extent(ordered);
+		else
+			list_add_tail(&ordered->trans_list, &trans->ordered);
+
 		spin_lock_irq(&log->log_extents_lock[index]);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&log->log_extents_lock[index]);