diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 101c3cfd3f7c..4274a7bfdaed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ void btrfs_put_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache);
 int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long count);
 int btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
-				 unsigned long count, int wait);
+				 unsigned long count, u64 transid, int wait);
 int btrfs_lookup_data_extent(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 start, u64 len);
 int btrfs_lookup_extent_info(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			     struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 29e5d000bbee..ecfa52002363 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2835,6 +2835,7 @@ int btrfs_should_throttle_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 struct async_delayed_refs {
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
+	u64 transid;
 	int count;
 	int error;
 	int sync;
@@ -2850,9 +2851,16 @@ static void delayed_ref_async_start(struct btrfs_work *work)
 
 	async = container_of(work, struct async_delayed_refs, work);
 
-	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(async->root);
+	trans = btrfs_attach_transaction(async->root);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-		async->error = PTR_ERR(trans);
+		if (PTR_ERR(trans) != -ENOENT)
+			async->error = PTR_ERR(trans);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	/* Don't bother flushing if we got into a different transaction */
+	if (trans->transid != async->transid) {
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, async->root);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -2876,7 +2884,7 @@ static void delayed_ref_async_start(struct btrfs_work *work)
 }
 
 int btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
-				 unsigned long count, int wait)
+				 unsigned long count, u64 transid, int wait)
 {
 	struct async_delayed_refs *async;
 	int ret;
@@ -2888,6 +2896,7 @@ int btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	async->root = root->fs_info->tree_root;
 	async->count = count;
 	async->error = 0;
+	async->transid = transid;
 	if (wait)
 		async->sync = 1;
 	else
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index bb62418b8023..78582e339f33 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4558,6 +4558,7 @@ int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			BUG_ON(ret);
 			if (btrfs_should_throttle_delayed_refs(trans, root))
 				btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(root,
+							     trans->transid,
 					trans->delayed_ref_updates * 2, 0);
 			if (be_nice) {
 				if (truncate_space_check(trans, root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 765845742fde..948aa186b353 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 {
 	struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans = trans->transaction;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
+	u64 transid = trans->transid;
 	unsigned long cur = trans->delayed_ref_updates;
 	int lock = (trans->type != TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK);
 	int err = 0;
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 	if (must_run_delayed_refs) {
-		btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(root, cur,
+		btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(root, cur, transid,
 					     must_run_delayed_refs == 1);
 	}
 	return err;