atomic_set(&root->log_commit[0], 0);
        atomic_set(&root->log_commit[1], 0);
        atomic_set(&root->log_writers, 0);
+       atomic_set(&root->log_batch, 0);
        atomic_set(&root->orphan_inodes, 0);
-       root->log_batch = 0;
        root->log_transid = 0;
        root->last_log_commit = 0;
        extent_io_tree_init(&root->dirty_log_pages,
 
         * ordered range does a filemape_write_and_wait_range which is why we
         * don't do it above like other file systems.
         */
-       root->log_batch++;
+       atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
        btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, start, end);
-       root->log_batch++;
+       atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
 
        /*
         * check the transaction that last modified this inode
 
                        root->log_multiple_pids = true;
                }
 
-               root->log_batch++;
+               atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
                atomic_inc(&root->log_writers);
                mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
                return 0;
                        err = ret;
        }
        mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->tree_log_mutex);
-       root->log_batch++;
+       atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
        atomic_inc(&root->log_writers);
        mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
        return err;
        if (atomic_read(&root->log_commit[(index1 + 1) % 2]))
                wait_log_commit(trans, root, root->log_transid - 1);
        while (1) {
-               unsigned long batch = root->log_batch;
+               int batch = atomic_read(&root->log_batch);
                /* when we're on an ssd, just kick the log commit out */
                if (!btrfs_test_opt(root, SSD) && root->log_multiple_pids) {
                        mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
                        mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex);
                }
                wait_for_writer(trans, root);
-               if (batch == root->log_batch)
+               if (batch == atomic_read(&root->log_batch))
                        break;
        }
 
 
        btrfs_set_root_node(&log->root_item, log->node);
 
-       root->log_batch = 0;
        root->log_transid++;
        log->log_transid = root->log_transid;
        root->log_start_pid = 0;
        mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
 
        mutex_lock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
-       log_root_tree->log_batch++;
+       atomic_inc(&log_root_tree->log_batch);
        atomic_inc(&log_root_tree->log_writers);
        mutex_unlock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
 
        btrfs_set_super_log_root_level(root->fs_info->super_for_commit,
                                btrfs_header_level(log_root_tree->node));
 
-       log_root_tree->log_batch = 0;
        log_root_tree->log_transid++;
        smp_mb();