diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
index a31a5f706929..91c3c1fef233 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ struct btree_trans_buf {
 	x(stripe_delete)						\
 	x(reflink)							\
 	x(fallocate)							\
+	x(fsync)							\
+	x(dio_write)							\
 	x(discard)							\
 	x(discard_fast)							\
 	x(invalidate)							\
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
index f49e6c0f0f68..b889370a5088 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ static __always_inline long bch2_dio_write_done(struct dio_write *dio)
 	ret = dio->op.error ?: ((long) dio->written << 9);
 	bio_put(&dio->op.wbio.bio);
 
+	bch2_write_ref_put(dio->op.c, BCH_WRITE_REF_dio_write);
+
 	/* inode->i_dio_count is our ref on inode and thus bch_fs */
 	inode_dio_end(&inode->v);
 
@@ -590,22 +592,25 @@ ssize_t bch2_direct_write(struct kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	prefetch(&inode->ei_inode);
 	prefetch((void *) &inode->ei_inode + 64);
 
+	if (!bch2_write_ref_tryget(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_dio_write))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	inode_lock(&inode->v);
 
 	ret = generic_write_checks(req, iter);
 	if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
-		goto err;
+		goto err_put_write_ref;
 
 	ret = file_remove_privs(file);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		goto err;
+		goto err_put_write_ref;
 
 	ret = file_update_time(file);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		goto err;
+		goto err_put_write_ref;
 
 	if (unlikely((req->ki_pos|iter->count) & (block_bytes(c) - 1)))
-		goto err;
+		goto err_put_write_ref;
 
 	inode_dio_begin(&inode->v);
 	bch2_pagecache_block_get(inode);
@@ -645,7 +650,7 @@ ssize_t bch2_direct_write(struct kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	}
 
 	ret = bch2_dio_write_loop(dio);
-err:
+out:
 	if (locked)
 		inode_unlock(&inode->v);
 	return ret;
@@ -653,7 +658,9 @@ err_put_bio:
 	bch2_pagecache_block_put(inode);
 	bio_put(bio);
 	inode_dio_end(&inode->v);
-	goto err;
+err_put_write_ref:
+	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_dio_write);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 void bch2_fs_fs_io_direct_exit(struct bch_fs *c)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
index 8c70123b6a0c..20b40477425f 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
@@ -174,18 +174,18 @@ void __bch2_i_sectors_acct(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_inode_info *inode,
 static int bch2_flush_inode(struct bch_fs *c,
 			    struct bch_inode_info *inode)
 {
-	struct bch_inode_unpacked u;
-	int ret;
-
 	if (c->opts.journal_flush_disabled)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = bch2_inode_find_by_inum(c, inode_inum(inode), &u);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (!bch2_write_ref_tryget(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_fsync))
+		return -EROFS;
 
-	return bch2_journal_flush_seq(&c->journal, u.bi_journal_seq) ?:
-		bch2_inode_flush_nocow_writes(c, inode);
+	struct bch_inode_unpacked u;
+	int ret = bch2_inode_find_by_inum(c, inode_inum(inode), &u) ?:
+		  bch2_journal_flush_seq(&c->journal, u.bi_journal_seq) ?:
+		  bch2_inode_flush_nocow_writes(c, inode);
+	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_fsync);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int bch2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)