diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index d04db817be5c..426b7c602653 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,7 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		sb->s_flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
 	}
 out:
+	wake_up_process(fs_info->transaction_kthread);
 	btrfs_remount_cleanup(fs_info, old_opts);
 	return 0;