diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index fbb05b0f7ebc..7441245b1ceb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ static int emit_last_fiemap_cache(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 
 static int fiemap_next_leaf_item(struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct btrfs_path *path)
 {
-	struct extent_buffer *clone;
+	struct extent_buffer *clone = path->nodes[0];
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	int slot;
 	int ret;
@@ -2761,29 +2761,45 @@ static int fiemap_next_leaf_item(struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct btrfs_path *p
 	if (path->slots[0] < btrfs_header_nritems(path->nodes[0]))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Add a temporary extra ref to an already cloned extent buffer to
+	 * prevent btrfs_next_leaf() freeing it, we want to reuse it to avoid
+	 * the cost of allocating a new one.
+	 */
+	ASSERT(test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UNMAPPED, &clone->bflags));
+	atomic_inc(&clone->refs);
+
 	ret = btrfs_next_leaf(inode->root, path);
 	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't bother with cloning if there are no more file extent items for
 	 * our inode.
 	 */
 	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], &key, path->slots[0]);
-	if (key.objectid != btrfs_ino(inode) || key.type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY)
-		return 1;
+	if (key.objectid != btrfs_ino(inode) || key.type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* See the comment at fiemap_search_slot() about why we clone. */
-	clone = btrfs_clone_extent_buffer(path->nodes[0]);
-	if (!clone)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	copy_extent_buffer_full(clone, path->nodes[0]);
+	/*
+	 * Important to preserve the start field, for the optimizations when
+	 * checking if extents are shared (see extent_fiemap()).
+	 */
+	clone->start = path->nodes[0]->start;
 
 	slot = path->slots[0];
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	path->nodes[0] = clone;
 	path->slots[0] = slot;
+out:
+	if (ret)
+		free_extent_buffer(clone);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*