diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 210c94ac8818..4607af38c72e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2647,7 +2647,10 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(extent_op);
 		if (ret) {
+			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			locked_ref->processing = 0;
+			delayed_refs->num_heads_ready++;
+			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 			btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(locked_ref);
 			btrfs_put_delayed_ref(ref);
 			btrfs_debug(fs_info, "run_one_delayed_ref returned %d",