diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index a999b85d1176..a04707f740d6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int lock = (trans->type != TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK);
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (--trans->use_count) {
+	if (trans->use_count > 1) {
+		trans->use_count--;
 		trans->block_rsv = trans->orig_rsv;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -731,17 +732,10 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	if (lock && ACCESS_ONCE(cur_trans->state) == TRANS_STATE_BLOCKED) {
-		if (throttle) {
-			/*
-			 * We may race with somebody else here so end up having
-			 * to call end_transaction on ourselves again, so inc
-			 * our use_count.
-			 */
-			trans->use_count++;
+		if (throttle)
 			return btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-		} else {
+		else
 			wake_up_process(info->transaction_kthread);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (trans->type & __TRANS_FREEZABLE)