mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_operations_mutex);
        spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
-again:
        list_splice_init(&root->fs_info->ordered_operations, &splice);
-
        while (!list_empty(&splice)) {
-
                btrfs_inode = list_entry(splice.next, struct btrfs_inode,
                                   ordered_operations);
-
                inode = &btrfs_inode->vfs_inode;
 
                list_del_init(&btrfs_inode->ordered_operations);
                 * the inode may be getting freed (in sys_unlink path).
                 */
                inode = igrab(inode);
-
-               if (!wait && inode) {
-                       list_add_tail(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations,
-                             &root->fs_info->ordered_operations);
-               }
-
                if (!inode)
                        continue;
+
+               if (!wait)
+                       list_add_tail(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations,
+                                     &root->fs_info->ordered_operations);
                spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
 
                work = btrfs_alloc_delalloc_work(inode, wait, 1);
                if (!work) {
+                       spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
                        if (list_empty(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations))
                                list_add_tail(&btrfs_inode->ordered_operations,
                                              &splice);
-                       spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
                        list_splice_tail(&splice,
                                         &root->fs_info->ordered_operations);
                        spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
                cond_resched();
                spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
        }
-       if (wait && !list_empty(&root->fs_info->ordered_operations))
-               goto again;
-
        spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
 out:
        list_for_each_entry_safe(work, next, &works, list) {