diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 3a7961b..8cc4710 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2490,17 +2490,23 @@
 		goto fail_trans_kthread;
 	}
 
-	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		down_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
-		err = btrfs_orphan_cleanup(fs_info->fs_root);
-		if (!err)
-			err = btrfs_orphan_cleanup(fs_info->tree_root);
-		up_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		return 0;
 
-		if (err) {
-			close_ctree(tree_root);
-			return err;
-		}
+	down_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+	if ((ret = btrfs_orphan_cleanup(fs_info->fs_root)) ||
+	    (ret = btrfs_orphan_cleanup(fs_info->tree_root))) {
+		up_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+		close_ctree(tree_root);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	up_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+
+	ret = btrfs_resume_balance_async(fs_info);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "btrfs: failed to resume balance\n");
+		close_ctree(tree_root);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return 0;