atomic_t scrubs_paused;
        atomic_t scrub_cancel_req;
        wait_queue_head_t scrub_pause_wait;
-       struct rw_semaphore scrub_super_lock;
        int scrub_workers_refcnt;
        struct btrfs_workers scrub_workers;
        struct btrfs_workers scrub_wr_completion_workers;
                    u64 end, struct btrfs_scrub_progress *progress,
                    int readonly, int is_dev_replace);
 void btrfs_scrub_pause(struct btrfs_root *root);
-void btrfs_scrub_pause_super(struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_scrub_continue(struct btrfs_root *root);
-void btrfs_scrub_continue_super(struct btrfs_root *root);
 int btrfs_scrub_cancel(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
 int btrfs_scrub_cancel_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
                           struct btrfs_device *dev);
 
        atomic_set(&fs_info->scrubs_paused, 0);
        atomic_set(&fs_info->scrub_cancel_req, 0);
        init_waitqueue_head(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
-       init_rwsem(&fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
        fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_CHECK_INTEGRITY
        fs_info->check_integrity_print_mask = 0;
 
 
        atomic_inc(&fs_info->scrubs_running);
        mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
        if (!is_dev_replace) {
-               down_read(&fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
+               /*
+                * by holding device list mutex, we can
+                * kick off writing super in log tree sync.
+                */
                ret = scrub_supers(sctx, dev);
-               up_read(&fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
        if (!ret)
                ret = scrub_enumerate_chunks(sctx, dev, start, end,
        wake_up(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
 }
 
-void btrfs_scrub_pause_super(struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-       down_write(&root->fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
-}
-
-void btrfs_scrub_continue_super(struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-       up_write(&root->fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
-}
-
 int btrfs_scrub_cancel(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 
         * the running transaction open, so a full commit can't hop
         * in and cause problems either.
         */
-       btrfs_scrub_pause_super(root);
        ret = write_ctree_super(trans, root->fs_info->tree_root, 1);
-       btrfs_scrub_continue_super(root);
        if (ret) {
                btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
                goto out_wake_log_root;
 
 
        /* all of the devices in the FS, protected by a mutex
         * so we can safely walk it to write out the supers without
-        * worrying about add/remove by the multi-device code
+        * worrying about add/remove by the multi-device code.
+        * Scrubbing super can kick off supers writing by holding
+        * this mutex lock.
         */
        struct mutex device_list_mutex;
        struct list_head devices;