disk_bytenr += extent_offset;
                        disk_bytenr += cur_offset - found_key.offset;
                        num_bytes = min(end + 1, extent_end) - cur_offset;
+                       /*
+                        * if there are pending snapshots for this root,
+                        * we fall into common COW way.
+                        */
+                       if (!nolock) {
+                               err = btrfs_start_nocow_write(root);
+                               if (!err)
+                                       goto out_check;
+                       }
                        /*
                         * force cow if csum exists in the range.
                         * this ensure that csum for a given extent are
 out_check:
                if (extent_end <= start) {
                        path->slots[0]++;
+                       if (!nolock && nocow)
+                               btrfs_end_nocow_write(root);
                        goto next_slot;
                }
                if (!nocow) {
                        ret = cow_file_range(inode, locked_page,
                                             cow_start, found_key.offset - 1,
                                             page_started, nr_written, 1);
-                       if (ret)
+                       if (ret) {
+                               if (!nolock && nocow)
+                                       btrfs_end_nocow_write(root);
                                goto error;
+                       }
                        cow_start = (u64)-1;
                }
 
                    BTRFS_DATA_RELOC_TREE_OBJECTID) {
                        ret = btrfs_reloc_clone_csums(inode, cur_offset,
                                                      num_bytes);
-                       if (ret)
+                       if (ret) {
+                               if (!nolock && nocow)
+                                       btrfs_end_nocow_write(root);
                                goto error;
+                       }
                }
 
                extent_clear_unlock_delalloc(inode, cur_offset,
                                             locked_page, EXTENT_LOCKED |
                                             EXTENT_DELALLOC, PAGE_UNLOCK |
                                             PAGE_SET_PRIVATE2);
+               if (!nolock && nocow)
+                       btrfs_end_nocow_write(root);
                cur_offset = extent_end;
                if (cur_offset > end)
                        break;