diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 38eeb6c49c8a..1ceab8b4d6dc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ extern struct file_operations btrfs_file_operations;
 int btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		       struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		       u64 start, u64 end, u64 locked_end,
-		       u64 inline_limit, u64 *hint_block);
+		       u64 inline_limit, u64 *hint_block, int drop_cache);
 int btrfs_mark_extent_written(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			      struct btrfs_root *root,
 			      struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
index 72e9fa3c31f5..5bc7a0d325e7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
@@ -198,6 +198,56 @@ static int mergable_maps(struct extent_map *prev, struct extent_map *next)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int unpin_extent_cache(struct extent_map_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 len)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct extent_map *merge = NULL;
+	struct rb_node *rb;
+	struct extent_map *em;
+
+	write_lock(&tree->lock);
+	em = lookup_extent_mapping(tree, start, len);
+
+	WARN_ON(em->start != start || !em);
+
+	if (!em)
+		goto out;
+
+	clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED, &em->flags);
+
+	if (em->start != 0) {
+		rb = rb_prev(&em->rb_node);
+		if (rb)
+			merge = rb_entry(rb, struct extent_map, rb_node);
+		if (rb && mergable_maps(merge, em)) {
+			em->start = merge->start;
+			em->len += merge->len;
+			em->block_len += merge->block_len;
+			em->block_start = merge->block_start;
+			merge->in_tree = 0;
+			rb_erase(&merge->rb_node, &tree->map);
+			free_extent_map(merge);
+		}
+	}
+
+	rb = rb_next(&em->rb_node);
+	if (rb)
+		merge = rb_entry(rb, struct extent_map, rb_node);
+	if (rb && mergable_maps(em, merge)) {
+		em->len += merge->len;
+		em->block_len += merge->len;
+		rb_erase(&merge->rb_node, &tree->map);
+		merge->in_tree = 0;
+		free_extent_map(merge);
+	}
+
+	free_extent_map(em);
+out:
+	write_unlock(&tree->lock);
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
 /**
  * add_extent_mapping - add new extent map to the extent tree
  * @tree:	tree to insert new map in
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
index 6216dfbcf9be..d3d442f4bbbd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ struct extent_map *alloc_extent_map(gfp_t mask);
 void free_extent_map(struct extent_map *em);
 int __init extent_map_init(void);
 void extent_map_exit(void);
+int unpin_extent_cache(struct extent_map_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 len);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index ef66c3d989b9..4123db9d5141 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ int btrfs_drop_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 		}
 		flags = em->flags;
 		if (skip_pinned && test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED, &em->flags)) {
-			write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 			if (em->start <= start &&
 			    (!testend || em->start + em->len >= start + len)) {
 				free_extent_map(em);
+				write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 				break;
 			}
 			if (start < em->start) {
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 				start = em->start + em->len;
 			}
 			free_extent_map(em);
+			write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 		compressed = test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_COMPRESSED, &em->flags);
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 noinline int btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		       struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		       u64 start, u64 end, u64 locked_end,
-		       u64 inline_limit, u64 *hint_byte)
+		       u64 inline_limit, u64 *hint_byte, int drop_cache)
 {
 	u64 extent_end = 0;
 	u64 search_start = start;
@@ -294,7 +295,8 @@ noinline int btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int ret;
 
 	inline_limit = 0;
-	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, start, end - 1, 0);
+	if (drop_cache)
+		btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, start, end - 1, 0);
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 739a245e25d6..233fe6f26120 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range_inline(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_drop_extents(trans, root, inode, start,
-				 aligned_end, aligned_end, start, &hint_byte);
+				 aligned_end, aligned_end, start,
+				 &hint_byte, 1);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	if (isize > actual_end)
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range_inline(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   inline_len, compressed_size,
 				   compressed_pages);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
-	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, start, aligned_end, 0);
+	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, start, aligned_end - 1, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1455,9 +1456,19 @@ static int insert_reserved_file_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	BUG_ON(!path);
 
 	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * we may be replacing one extent in the tree with another.
+	 * The new extent is pinned in the extent map, and we don't want
+	 * to drop it from the cache until it is completely in the btree.
+	 *
+	 * So, tell btrfs_drop_extents to leave this extent in the cache.
+	 * the caller is expected to unpin it and allow it to be merged
+	 * with the others.
+	 */
 	ret = btrfs_drop_extents(trans, root, inode, file_pos,
 				 file_pos + num_bytes, locked_end,
-				 file_pos, &hint);
+				 file_pos, &hint, 0);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	ins.objectid = inode->i_ino;
@@ -1485,7 +1496,6 @@ static int insert_reserved_file_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 
 	inode_add_bytes(inode, num_bytes);
-	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, file_pos, file_pos + num_bytes - 1, 0);
 
 	ins.objectid = disk_bytenr;
 	ins.offset = disk_num_bytes;
@@ -1596,6 +1606,9 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 						ordered_extent->len,
 						compressed, 0, 0,
 						BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_REG);
+		unpin_extent_cache(&BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree,
+				   ordered_extent->file_offset,
+				   ordered_extent->len);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
 	unlock_extent(io_tree, ordered_extent->file_offset,
@@ -2940,7 +2953,7 @@ int btrfs_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
 						 cur_offset,
 						 cur_offset + hole_size,
 						 block_end,
-						 cur_offset, &hint_byte);
+						 cur_offset, &hint_byte, 1);
 			if (err)
 				break;
 			err = btrfs_insert_file_extent(trans, root,
@@ -5086,6 +5099,8 @@ static int prealloc_file_range(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						  0, 0, 0,
 						  BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_PREALLOC);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
+		btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, cur_offset,
+					cur_offset + ins.offset -1, 0);
 		num_bytes -= ins.offset;
 		cur_offset += ins.offset;
 		alloc_hint = ins.objectid + ins.offset;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 9f4db848db10..e2d8e90259b0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -597,9 +597,8 @@ again:
 		clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
 
 		btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
-
-		unlock_extent(io_tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
 		set_page_dirty(page);
+		unlock_extent(io_tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(inode->i_mapping, 1);
@@ -977,7 +976,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 
 	/* punch hole in destination first */
 	btrfs_drop_extents(trans, root, inode, off, off + len,
-			   off + len, 0, &hint_byte);
+			   off + len, 0, &hint_byte, 1);
 
 	/* clone data */
 	key.objectid = src->i_ino;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index d91b0de7c502..8661a7381b39 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static noinline int replay_one_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	saved_nbytes = inode_get_bytes(inode);
 	/* drop any overlapping extents */
 	ret = btrfs_drop_extents(trans, root, inode,
-			 start, extent_end, extent_end, start, &alloc_hint);
+			 start, extent_end, extent_end, start, &alloc_hint, 1);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	if (found_type == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_REG ||