diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 6e779bc16340..dfe29b29915f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static void finish_one_item(struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root)
 
 static void __btrfs_remove_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item)
 {
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = delayed_item->delayed_node;
 	struct rb_root_cached *root;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
 
@@ -419,18 +420,21 @@ static void __btrfs_remove_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item)
 	if (RB_EMPTY_NODE(&delayed_item->rb_node))
 		return;
 
-	delayed_root = delayed_item->delayed_node->root->fs_info->delayed_root;
+	/* If it's in a rbtree, then we need to have delayed node locked. */
+	lockdep_assert_held(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	delayed_root = delayed_node->root->fs_info->delayed_root;
 
 	BUG_ON(!delayed_root);
 
 	if (delayed_item->type == BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM)
-		root = &delayed_item->delayed_node->ins_root;
+		root = &delayed_node->ins_root;
 	else
-		root = &delayed_item->delayed_node->del_root;
+		root = &delayed_node->del_root;
 
 	rb_erase_cached(&delayed_item->rb_node, root);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&delayed_item->rb_node);
-	delayed_item->delayed_node->count--;
+	delayed_node->count--;
 
 	finish_one_item(delayed_root);
 }