}
 
                btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
-               btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(root->fs_info);
                again = btrfs_clean_one_deleted_snapshot(root);
                mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_mutex);
 
                 * needn't do anything special here.
                 */
                btrfs_run_defrag_inodes(root->fs_info);
+
+               /*
+                * Acquires fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex to avoid racing
+                * with relocation (btrfs_relocate_chunk) and relocation
+                * acquires fs_info->cleaner_mutex (btrfs_relocate_block_group)
+                * after acquiring fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex. So we
+                * can't hold, nor need to, fs_info->cleaner_mutex when deleting
+                * unused block groups.
+                */
+               btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(root->fs_info);
 sleep:
                if (!try_to_freeze() && !again) {
                        set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
        spin_lock_init(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
        rwlock_init(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
        mutex_init(&fs_info->unused_bg_unpin_mutex);
+       mutex_init(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
        mutex_init(&fs_info->reloc_mutex);
        mutex_init(&fs_info->delalloc_root_mutex);
        seqlock_init(&fs_info->profiles_lock);
 
        root = root->fs_info->chunk_root;
        extent_root = root->fs_info->extent_root;
 
+       /*
+        * Prevent races with automatic removal of unused block groups.
+        * After we relocate and before we remove the chunk with offset
+        * chunk_offset, automatic removal of the block group can kick in,
+        * resulting in a failure when calling btrfs_remove_chunk() below.
+        *
+        * Make sure to acquire this mutex before doing a tree search (dev
+        * or chunk trees) to find chunks. Otherwise the cleaner kthread might
+        * call btrfs_remove_chunk() (through btrfs_delete_unused_bgs()) after
+        * we release the path used to search the chunk/dev tree and before
+        * the current task acquires this mutex and calls us.
+        */
+       ASSERT(mutex_is_locked(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex));
+
        ret = btrfs_can_relocate(extent_root, chunk_offset);
        if (ret)
                return -ENOSPC;
        key.type = BTRFS_CHUNK_ITEM_KEY;
 
        while (1) {
+               mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, chunk_root, &key, path, 0, 0);
-               if (ret < 0)
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        goto error;
+               }
                BUG_ON(ret == 0); /* Corruption */
 
                ret = btrfs_previous_item(chunk_root, path, key.objectid,
                                          key.type);
+               if (ret)
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto error;
                if (ret > 0)
                        else
                                BUG_ON(ret);
                }
+               mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
 
                if (found_key.offset == 0)
                        break;
                        goto error;
                }
 
+               mutex_lock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, chunk_root, &key, path, 0, 0);
-               if (ret < 0)
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        goto error;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * this shouldn't happen, it means the last relocate
                ret = btrfs_previous_item(chunk_root, path, 0,
                                          BTRFS_CHUNK_ITEM_KEY);
                if (ret) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        ret = 0;
                        break;
                }
                slot = path->slots[0];
                btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &found_key, slot);
 
-               if (found_key.objectid != key.objectid)
+               if (found_key.objectid != key.objectid) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        break;
+               }
 
                chunk = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_chunk);
 
                ret = should_balance_chunk(chunk_root, leaf, chunk,
                                           found_key.offset);
                btrfs_release_path(path);
-               if (!ret)
+               if (!ret) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        goto loop;
+               }
 
                if (counting) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
                        bctl->stat.expected++;
                        spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
                ret = btrfs_relocate_chunk(chunk_root,
                                           found_key.objectid,
                                           found_key.offset);
+               mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
                        goto error;
                if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
        key.type = BTRFS_DEV_EXTENT_KEY;
 
        do {
+               mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, root, &key, path, 0, 0);
-               if (ret < 0)
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        goto done;
+               }
 
                ret = btrfs_previous_item(root, path, 0, key.type);
+               if (ret)
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto done;
                if (ret) {
                btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(l, &key, path->slots[0]);
 
                if (key.objectid != device->devid) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        btrfs_release_path(path);
                        break;
                }
                length = btrfs_dev_extent_length(l, dev_extent);
 
                if (key.offset + length <= new_size) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                        btrfs_release_path(path);
                        break;
                }
                btrfs_release_path(path);
 
                ret = btrfs_relocate_chunk(root, chunk_objectid, chunk_offset);
+               mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex);
                if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
                        goto done;
                if (ret == -ENOSPC)