diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 5244400d5c23..6ee7252f51c0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3070,6 +3070,13 @@ extern const struct iomap_ops btrfs_dio_iomap_ops;
 extern const struct iomap_dio_ops btrfs_dio_ops;
 extern const struct iomap_dio_ops btrfs_sync_dops;
 
+/* Inode locking type flags, by default the exclusive lock is taken */
+#define BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED	(1U << 0)
+#define BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY 	(1U << 1)
+
+int btrfs_inode_lock(struct inode *inode, unsigned int ilock_flags);
+void btrfs_inode_unlock(struct inode *inode, unsigned int ilock_flags);
+
 /* ioctl.c */
 long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 long btrfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index b30ce769ae8b..fe1daa44f325 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	 * is protected by inode lock. So we cannot unlock it here.
 	 */
 	if (pos + iov_iter_count(from) <= inode->i_size) {
-		inode_unlock(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
 		relock = true;
 	}
 	down_read(&BTRFS_I(inode)->dio_sem);
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	up_read(&BTRFS_I(inode)->dio_sem);
 	if (relock)
-		inode_lock(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_lock(inode, 0);
 
 	if (written < 0 || !iov_iter_count(from))
 		return written;
@@ -1956,6 +1956,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	ssize_t num_written = 0;
 	const bool sync = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DSYNC;
 	ssize_t err;
+	unsigned int ilock_flags = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the fs flips readonly due to some impossible error, although we
@@ -1969,22 +1970,22 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	    (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
-		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
-			return -EAGAIN;
-	} else {
-		inode_lock(inode);
-	}
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		ilock_flags |= BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY;
+
+	err = btrfs_inode_lock(inode, ilock_flags);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	err = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (err <= 0) {
-		inode_unlock(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, ilock_flags);
 		return err;
 	}
 
 	err = btrfs_write_check(iocb, from, err);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		inode_unlock(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, ilock_flags);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -2030,7 +2031,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		num_written = btrfs_buffered_write(iocb, from);
 	}
 
-	inode_unlock(inode);
+	btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, ilock_flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * We also have to set last_sub_trans to the current log transid,
@@ -3330,7 +3331,7 @@ static long btrfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	btrfs_inode_lock(inode, 0);
 
 	if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) && offset + len > inode->i_size) {
 		ret = inode_newsize_ok(inode, offset + len);
@@ -3569,9 +3570,9 @@ static loff_t btrfs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 		return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, whence);
 	case SEEK_DATA:
 	case SEEK_HOLE:
-		inode_lock_shared(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_lock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		offset = find_desired_extent(inode, offset, whence);
-		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -3615,10 +3616,10 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 	if (check_direct_read(btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb), to, iocb->ki_pos))
 		return 0;
 
-	inode_lock_shared(inode);
+	btrfs_inode_lock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, to, &btrfs_dio_iomap_ops, &btrfs_dio_ops,
 			   is_sync_kiocb(iocb));
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+	btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6fd561ac9866..3eea0d0be8a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -95,6 +95,51 @@ static void __endio_write_update_ordered(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 					 const u64 offset, const u64 bytes,
 					 const bool uptodate);
 
+/*
+ * btrfs_inode_lock - lock inode i_rwsem based on arguments passed
+ *
+ * ilock_flags can have the following bit set:
+ *
+ * BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED - acquire a shared lock on the inode
+ * BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY - try to acquire the lock, if fails on first attempt
+ *		     return -EAGAIN
+ */
+int btrfs_inode_lock(struct inode *inode, unsigned int ilock_flags)
+{
+	if (ilock_flags & BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED) {
+		if (ilock_flags & BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY) {
+			if (!inode_trylock_shared(inode))
+				return -EAGAIN;
+			else
+				return 0;
+		}
+		inode_lock_shared(inode);
+	} else {
+		if (ilock_flags & BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY) {
+			if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+				return -EAGAIN;
+			else
+				return 0;
+		}
+		inode_lock(inode);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * btrfs_inode_unlock - unock inode i_rwsem
+ *
+ * ilock_flags should contain the same bits set as passed to btrfs_inode_lock()
+ * to decide whether the lock acquired is shared or exclusive.
+ */
+void btrfs_inode_unlock(struct inode *inode, unsigned int ilock_flags)
+{
+	if (ilock_flags & BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED)
+		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+	else
+		inode_unlock(inode);
+}
+
 /*
  * Cleanup all submitted ordered extents in specified range to handle errors
  * from the btrfs_run_delalloc_range() callback.