diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 654755b18951..eb55863bb4ae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -497,10 +497,17 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	if (lock && cur_trans->blocked && !cur_trans->in_commit) {
-		if (throttle)
+		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++;
 			return btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-		else
+		} else {
 			wake_up_process(info->transaction_kthread);
+		}
 	}
 
 	WARN_ON(cur_trans != info->running_transaction);