diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index f2f8803ea79c..682ec3fca4a1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -315,6 +315,16 @@ static void scrub_pending_trans_workers_inc(struct scrub_ctx *sctx)
 	atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_running);
 	atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * check if @scrubs_running=@scrubs_paused condition
+	 * inside wait_event() is not an atomic operation.
+	 * which means we may inc/dec @scrub_running/paused
+	 * at any time. Let's wake up @scrub_pause_wait as
+	 * much as we can to let commit transaction blocked less.
+	 */
+	wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
+
 	atomic_inc(&sctx->workers_pending);
 }