diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 0b8f36d4400a..bca82a4ca8e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ int btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 /*
  * when btree blocks are allocated, they have some corresponding bits set for
  * them in one of two extent_io trees.  This is used to make sure all of
- * those extents are on disk for transaction or log commit
+ * those extents are sent to disk but does not wait on them
  */
-int btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
-					struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages)
+int btrfs_write_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			       struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages)
 {
 	int ret;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -394,6 +394,29 @@ int btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			page_cache_release(page);
 		}
 	}
+	if (err)
+		werr = err;
+	return werr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * when btree blocks are allocated, they have some corresponding bits set for
+ * them in one of two extent_io trees.  This is used to make sure all of
+ * those extents are on disk for transaction or log commit.  We wait
+ * on all the pages and clear them from the dirty pages state tree
+ */
+int btrfs_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			      struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int err = 0;
+	int werr = 0;
+	struct page *page;
+	struct inode *btree_inode = root->fs_info->btree_inode;
+	u64 start = 0;
+	u64 end;
+	unsigned long index;
+
 	while (1) {
 		ret = find_first_extent_bit(dirty_pages, 0, &start, &end,
 					    EXTENT_DIRTY);
@@ -424,6 +447,22 @@ int btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	return werr;
 }
 
+/*
+ * when btree blocks are allocated, they have some corresponding bits set for
+ * them in one of two extent_io trees.  This is used to make sure all of
+ * those extents are on disk for transaction or log commit
+ */
+int btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int ret2;
+
+	ret = btrfs_write_marked_extents(root, dirty_pages);
+	ret2 = btrfs_wait_marked_extents(root, dirty_pages);
+	return ret || ret2;
+}
+
 int btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				     struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index f68cbbe61e56..d4e3e7a6938c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -108,5 +108,9 @@ int btrfs_record_root_in_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				struct btrfs_root *root);
 int btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
 					struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages);
+int btrfs_write_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages);
+int btrfs_wait_marked_extents(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct extent_io_tree *dirty_pages);
 int btrfs_transaction_in_commit(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 0a1bde268963..4aff766d171a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2013,7 +2013,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(log, &log->dirty_log_pages);
+	/* we start IO on  all the marked extents here, but we don't actually
+	 * wait for them until later.
+	 */
+	ret = btrfs_write_marked_extents(log, &log->dirty_log_pages);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	btrfs_set_root_node(&log->root_item, log->node);
@@ -2048,6 +2051,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	index2 = log_root_tree->log_transid % 2;
 	if (atomic_read(&log_root_tree->log_commit[index2])) {
+		btrfs_wait_marked_extents(log, &log->dirty_log_pages);
 		wait_log_commit(trans, log_root_tree,
 				log_root_tree->log_transid);
 		mutex_unlock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
@@ -2067,6 +2071,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * check the full commit flag again
 	 */
 	if (root->fs_info->last_trans_log_full_commit == trans->transid) {
+		btrfs_wait_marked_extents(log, &log->dirty_log_pages);
 		mutex_unlock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out_wake_log_root;
@@ -2075,6 +2080,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	ret = btrfs_write_and_wait_marked_extents(log_root_tree,
 				&log_root_tree->dirty_log_pages);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
+	btrfs_wait_marked_extents(log, &log->dirty_log_pages);
 
 	btrfs_set_super_log_root(&root->fs_info->super_for_commit,
 				log_root_tree->node->start);