diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 61561c2..d3aaabb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1606,15 +1606,23 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void btrfs_get_delayed_items(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *ins_list,
-			     struct list_head *del_list)
+bool btrfs_readdir_get_delayed_items(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct list_head *ins_list,
+				     struct list_head *del_list)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
 
 	delayed_node = btrfs_get_delayed_node(inode);
 	if (!delayed_node)
-		return;
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * We can only do one readdir with delayed items at a time because of
+	 * item->readdir_list.
+	 */
+	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
 	item = __btrfs_first_delayed_insertion_item(delayed_node);
@@ -1641,10 +1649,13 @@
 	 * requeue or dequeue this delayed node.
 	 */
 	atomic_dec(&delayed_node->refs);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
-void btrfs_put_delayed_items(struct list_head *ins_list,
-			     struct list_head *del_list)
+void btrfs_readdir_put_delayed_items(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct list_head *ins_list,
+				     struct list_head *del_list)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr, *next;
 
@@ -1659,6 +1670,12 @@
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&curr->refs))
 			kfree(curr);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The VFS is going to do up_read(), so we need to downgrade back to a
+	 * read lock.
+	 */
+	downgrade_write(&inode->i_rwsem);
 }
 
 int btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(struct list_head *del_list,