wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
                           atomic_read(&sctx->bios_in_flight) == 0);
-               atomic_set(&sctx->wr_ctx.flush_all_writes, 0);
+               atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
+               wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
+
+               /*
+                * must be called before we decrease @scrub_paused.
+                * make sure we don't block transaction commit while
+                * we are waiting pending workers finished.
+                */
                wait_event(sctx->list_wait,
                           atomic_read(&sctx->workers_pending) == 0);
-               scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
+               atomic_set(&sctx->wr_ctx.flush_all_writes, 0);
+
+               mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
+               __scrub_blocked_if_needed(fs_info);
+               atomic_dec(&fs_info->scrubs_paused);
+               mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
+               wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 
                btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
                if (ret)