diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a2134d8141c13d83ac6d53e26357b47fe71a963a..2b35f8d14bb9a14c7f1539268dce04973413512f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -529,9 +529,7 @@ static int cache_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache,
 	 * allocate blocks for the tree root we can't do the fast caching since
 	 * we likely hold important locks.
 	 */
-	if (trans && (!trans->transaction->in_commit) &&
-	    (root && root != root->fs_info->tree_root) &&
-	    btrfs_test_opt(root, SPACE_CACHE)) {
+	if (fs_info->mount_opt & BTRFS_MOUNT_SPACE_CACHE) {
 		ret = load_free_space_cache(fs_info, cache);
 
 		spin_lock(&cache->lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 054707ed57914ab97b2f8a5e2e1e9f9679884bba..baaa518baaf83c5f8034b58452ce34ccdcbb26a8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -747,13 +747,6 @@ int load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	bool matched;
 	u64 used = btrfs_block_group_used(&block_group->item);
 
-	/*
-	 * If we're unmounting then just return, since this does a search on the
-	 * normal root and not the commit root and we could deadlock.
-	 */
-	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info))
-		return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * If this block group has been marked to be cleared for one reason or
 	 * another then we can't trust the on disk cache, so just return.
@@ -768,6 +761,8 @@ int load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return 0;
+	path->search_commit_root = 1;
+	path->skip_locking = 1;
 
 	inode = lookup_free_space_inode(root, block_group, path);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {