diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 17ad92c29cfd..38eeb6c49c8a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	struct mutex drop_mutex;
 	struct mutex volume_mutex;
 	struct mutex tree_reloc_mutex;
+	struct rw_semaphore extent_commit_sem;
 
 	/*
 	 * this protects the ordered operations list only while we are
@@ -961,9 +962,6 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 	/* the node lock is held while changing the node pointer */
 	spinlock_t node_lock;
 
-	/* taken when updating the commit root */
-	struct rw_semaphore commit_root_sem;
-
 	struct extent_buffer *commit_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *log_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *reloc_root;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 3a9b88759880..3cf4cfa575c8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -907,7 +907,6 @@ static int __setup_root(u32 nodesize, u32 leafsize, u32 sectorsize,
 	spin_lock_init(&root->inode_lock);
 	mutex_init(&root->objectid_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&root->log_mutex);
-	init_rwsem(&root->commit_root_sem);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&root->log_writer_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&root->log_commit_wait[0]);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&root->log_commit_wait[1]);
@@ -1624,6 +1623,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->cleaner_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->tree_reloc_mutex);
+	init_rwsem(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
 
 	btrfs_init_free_cluster(&fs_info->meta_alloc_cluster);
 	btrfs_init_free_cluster(&fs_info->data_alloc_cluster);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index fadf69a2764b..2fe21fa74913 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int caching_kthread(void *data)
 	last = max_t(u64, block_group->key.objectid, BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_OFFSET);
 again:
 	/* need to make sure the commit_root doesn't disappear */
-	down_read(&fs_info->extent_root->commit_root_sem);
+	down_read(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to deadlock with somebody trying to allocate a new
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ again:
 
 			if (need_resched()) {
 				btrfs_release_path(fs_info->extent_root, path);
-				up_read(&fs_info->extent_root->commit_root_sem);
+				up_read(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
 				cond_resched();
 				goto again;
 			}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ next:
 
 err:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	up_read(&fs_info->extent_root->commit_root_sem);
+	up_read(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
 	atomic_dec(&block_group->space_info->caching_threads);
 	wake_up(&block_group->caching_q);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index e51d2bc532f8..de48e4ec808c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ static noinline void put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction)
 
 static noinline void switch_commit_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	down_write(&root->commit_root_sem);
 	free_extent_buffer(root->commit_root);
 	root->commit_root = btrfs_root_node(root);
-	up_write(&root->commit_root_sem);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -466,7 +464,10 @@ static int update_cowonly_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		ret = btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans, root);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
-	switch_commit_root(root);
+
+	if (root != root->fs_info->extent_root)
+		switch_commit_root(root);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -499,6 +500,11 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		update_cowonly_root(trans, root);
 	}
+
+	down_write(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
+	switch_commit_root(fs_info->extent_root);
+	up_write(&fs_info->extent_commit_sem);
+
 	return 0;
 }