diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 76543683f3b9..56c54a41dbbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,7 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		free_extent_buffer(root->fs_info->dev_root->node);
 
 	btrfs_free_block_groups(root->fs_info);
+	fs_info->closing = 2;
 	del_fs_roots(fs_info);
 
 	filemap_write_and_wait(fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c33053ba3816..a26d365111e5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2092,6 +2092,9 @@ int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (root->fs_info->closing > 1)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (wait) {
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
 		btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, inode);