diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 2017d0ff511c..8abeae4224f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -690,6 +690,8 @@ static noinline int drop_one_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	kfree(name);
 
 	iput(inode);
+
+	btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -895,6 +897,7 @@ again:
 				ret = btrfs_unlink_inode(trans, root, dir,
 							 inode, victim_name,
 							 victim_name_len);
+				btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
 			}
 			kfree(victim_name);
 			ptr = (unsigned long)(victim_ref + 1) + victim_name_len;
@@ -1475,6 +1478,9 @@ again:
 			ret = btrfs_unlink_inode(trans, root, dir, inode,
 						 name, name_len);
 			BUG_ON(ret);
+
+			btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
+
 			kfree(name);
 			iput(inode);