return -ENOMEM;
 
        path->leave_spinning = 1;
+       path->skip_release_on_error = 1;
        ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &key,
                                      ins_len);
        if (ret == -EEXIST) {
                ptr = (unsigned long)(ref + 1);
                ret = 0;
        } else if (ret < 0) {
-               if (ret == -EOVERFLOW)
-                       ret = -EMLINK;
+               if (ret == -EOVERFLOW) {
+                       if (find_name_in_backref(path, name, name_len, &ref))
+                               ret = -EEXIST;
+                       else
+                               ret = -EMLINK;
+               }
                goto out;
        } else {
                ref = btrfs_item_ptr(path->nodes[0], path->slots[0],
 
 insert:
        btrfs_release_path(path);
        /* try to insert the key into the destination tree */
+       path->skip_release_on_error = 1;
        ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path,
                                      key, item_size);
+       path->skip_release_on_error = 0;
 
        /* make sure any existing item is the correct size */
-       if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+       if (ret == -EEXIST || ret == -EOVERFLOW) {
                u32 found_size;
                found_size = btrfs_item_size_nr(path->nodes[0],
                                                path->slots[0]);
 static noinline int backref_in_log(struct btrfs_root *log,
                                   struct btrfs_key *key,
                                   u64 ref_objectid,
-                                  char *name, int namelen)
+                                  const char *name, int namelen)
 {
        struct btrfs_path *path;
        struct btrfs_inode_ref *ref;
        return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return true if an inode reference exists in the log for the given name,
+ * inode and parent inode.
+ */
+static bool name_in_log_ref(struct btrfs_root *log_root,
+                           const char *name, const int name_len,
+                           const u64 dirid, const u64 ino)
+{
+       struct btrfs_key search_key;
+
+       search_key.objectid = ino;
+       search_key.type = BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY;
+       search_key.offset = dirid;
+       if (backref_in_log(log_root, &search_key, dirid, name, name_len))
+               return true;
+
+       search_key.type = BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY;
+       search_key.offset = btrfs_extref_hash(dirid, name, name_len);
+       if (backref_in_log(log_root, &search_key, dirid, name, name_len))
+               return true;
+
+       return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * take a single entry in a log directory item and replay it into
  * the subvolume.
        return ret;
 
 insert:
+       if (name_in_log_ref(root->log_root, name, name_len,
+                           key->objectid, log_key.objectid)) {
+               /* The dentry will be added later. */
+               ret = 0;
+               update_size = false;
+               goto out;
+       }
        btrfs_release_path(path);
        ret = insert_one_name(trans, root, path, key->objectid, key->offset,
                              name, name_len, log_type, &log_key);
-       if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
+       if (ret && ret != -ENOENT && ret != -EEXIST)
                goto out;
        update_size = false;
        ret = 0;