diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 35489e7129a7..385b449fd7ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 
 	spinlock_t delayed_iput_lock;
 	struct list_head delayed_iputs;
-	struct rw_semaphore delayed_iput_sem;
+	struct mutex cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex;
 
 	/* this protects tree_mod_seq_list */
 	spinlock_t tree_mod_seq_lock;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 4958360a44f7..41fb43183406 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1796,7 +1796,10 @@ static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)
 			goto sleep;
 		}
 
+		mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex);
 		btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
+		mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex);
+
 		again = btrfs_clean_one_deleted_snapshot(root);
 		mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_mutex);
 
@@ -2556,8 +2559,8 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->reloc_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->delalloc_root_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&fs_info->cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex);
 	seqlock_init(&fs_info->profiles_lock);
-	init_rwsem(&fs_info->delayed_iput_sem);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_info->space_info);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c4661db2b72a..470ea9b321a4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4100,11 +4100,12 @@ int btrfs_alloc_data_chunk_ondemand(struct inode *inode, u64 bytes)
 				if (ret)
 					return ret;
 				/*
-				 * make sure that all running delayed iput are
-				 * done
+				 * The cleaner kthread might still be doing iput
+				 * operations. Wait for it to finish so that
+				 * more space is released.
 				 */
-				down_write(&root->fs_info->delayed_iput_sem);
-				up_write(&root->fs_info->delayed_iput_sem);
+				mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex);
+				mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_delayed_iput_mutex);
 				goto again;
 			} else {
 				btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 52fc1b5e9f03..4bc9dbf29a73 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3142,8 +3142,6 @@ void btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	if (empty)
 		return;
 
-	down_read(&fs_info->delayed_iput_sem);
-
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->delayed_iput_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&fs_info->delayed_iputs, &list);
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->delayed_iput_lock);
@@ -3154,8 +3152,6 @@ void btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		iput(delayed->inode);
 		kfree(delayed);
 	}
-
-	up_read(&root->fs_info->delayed_iput_sem);
 }
 
 /*