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);
+       if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+               return 0;
+
+       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);
 
-               if (err) {
-                       close_ctree(tree_root);
-                       return err;
-               }
+       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;
 
 
 static int balance_kthread(void *data)
 {
-       struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl =
-                       (struct btrfs_balance_control *)data;
-       struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = bctl->fs_info;
+       struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = data;
        int ret = 0;
 
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
 
-       set_balance_control(bctl);
-
-       if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info->tree_root, SKIP_BALANCE)) {
-               printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: force skipping balance\n");
-       } else {
+       if (fs_info->balance_ctl) {
                printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: continuing balance\n");
-               ret = btrfs_balance(bctl, NULL);
+               ret = btrfs_balance(fs_info->balance_ctl, NULL);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
        mutex_unlock(&fs_info->volume_mutex);
+
        return ret;
 }
 
+int btrfs_resume_balance_async(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+       struct task_struct *tsk;
+
+       spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+       if (!fs_info->balance_ctl) {
+               spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+
+       if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info->tree_root, SKIP_BALANCE)) {
+               printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: force skipping balance\n");
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       tsk = kthread_run(balance_kthread, fs_info, "btrfs-balance");
+       if (IS_ERR(tsk))
+               return PTR_ERR(tsk);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 int btrfs_recover_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
        struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl;
 
 int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *path);
 int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl,
                  struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs);
+int btrfs_resume_balance_async(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_recover_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_pause_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_cancel_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);