diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index e354c33..6a4daa0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1047,8 +1047,10 @@ out:
 
 		if ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
 			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 			ret = btrfs_log_dentry_safe(trans, root,
 						    file->f_dentry);
+			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 			if (ret == 0) {
 				ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, root);
 				if (ret == 0)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 7146971..e77ee56 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4144,6 +4144,7 @@ static int btrfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4627,12 +4628,12 @@ int btrfs_add_link(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 }
 
 static int btrfs_add_nondir(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			    struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
-			    int backref, u64 index)
+			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			    struct inode *inode, int backref, u64 index)
 {
-	int err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dentry->d_parent->d_inode,
-				 inode, dentry->d_name.name,
-				 dentry->d_name.len, backref, index);
+	int err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dir, inode,
+				 dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
+				 backref, index);
 	if (!err) {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		return 0;
@@ -4673,8 +4674,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	inode = btrfs_new_inode(trans, root, dir, dentry->d_name.name,
-				dentry->d_name.len,
-				dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino, objectid,
+				dentry->d_name.len, dir->i_ino, objectid,
 				BTRFS_I(dir)->block_group, mode, &index);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, inode);
-	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dentry, inode, 0, index);
+	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
 	if (err)
 		drop_inode = 1;
 	else {
@@ -4735,10 +4735,8 @@ static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	inode = btrfs_new_inode(trans, root, dir, dentry->d_name.name,
-				dentry->d_name.len,
-				dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino,
-				objectid, BTRFS_I(dir)->block_group, mode,
-				&index);
+				dentry->d_name.len, dir->i_ino, objectid,
+				BTRFS_I(dir)->block_group, mode, &index);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -4750,7 +4748,7 @@ static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, inode);
-	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dentry, inode, 0, index);
+	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
 	if (err)
 		drop_inode = 1;
 	else {
@@ -4810,15 +4808,17 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
-	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dentry, inode, 1, index);
+	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 1, index);
 
 	if (err) {
 		drop_inode = 1;
 	} else {
+		struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 		btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 		err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 		BUG_ON(err);
-		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, inode, NULL, dentry->d_parent);
+		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, inode, NULL, parent);
+		dput(parent);
 	}
 
 	nr = trans->blocks_used;
@@ -4858,8 +4858,7 @@ static int btrfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	inode = btrfs_new_inode(trans, root, dir, dentry->d_name.name,
-				dentry->d_name.len,
-				dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino, objectid,
+				dentry->d_name.len, dir->i_ino, objectid,
 				BTRFS_I(dir)->block_group, S_IFDIR | mode,
 				&index);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
@@ -4882,9 +4881,8 @@ static int btrfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fail;
 
-	err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dentry->d_parent->d_inode,
-				 inode, dentry->d_name.name,
-				 dentry->d_name.len, 0, index);
+	err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dir, inode, dentry->d_name.name,
+			     dentry->d_name.len, 0, index);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fail;
 
@@ -6613,8 +6611,11 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	if (old_inode->i_ino != BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
+		struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(new_dentry);
+
 		btrfs_log_new_name(trans, old_inode, old_dir,
-				   new_dentry->d_parent);
+				   parent);
+		dput(parent);
 		btrfs_end_log_trans(root);
 	}
 out_fail:
@@ -6764,8 +6765,7 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	inode = btrfs_new_inode(trans, root, dir, dentry->d_name.name,
-				dentry->d_name.len,
-				dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino, objectid,
+				dentry->d_name.len, dir->i_ino, objectid,
 				BTRFS_I(dir)->block_group, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
 				&index);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -6779,7 +6779,7 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, inode);
-	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dentry, inode, 0, index);
+	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
 	if (err)
 		drop_inode = 1;
 	else {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index e264072..396ccd1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -232,13 +232,17 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	struct btrfs_inode_item *inode_item;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	struct btrfs_root *new_root;
-	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	struct inode *dir;
 	int ret;
 	int err;
 	u64 objectid;
 	u64 new_dirid = BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID;
 	u64 index = 0;
 
+	dir = parent->d_inode;
+	dput(parent);
+
 	ret = btrfs_find_free_objectid(NULL, root->fs_info->tree_root,
 				       0, &objectid);
 	if (ret)
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ fail:
 static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct btrfs_pending_snapshot *pending_snapshot;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
@@ -382,7 +387,9 @@ static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	btrfs_orphan_cleanup(pending_snapshot->snap);
 
-	inode = btrfs_lookup_dentry(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
+	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	inode = btrfs_lookup_dentry(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+	dput(parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 0af647c..076729e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_root *root = pending->root;
 	struct btrfs_root *parent_root;
 	struct inode *parent_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent_dentry;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct extent_buffer *tmp;
 	struct extent_buffer *old;
@@ -888,7 +889,9 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	trans->block_rsv = &pending->block_rsv;
 
 	dentry = pending->dentry;
-	parent_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	parent_dentry = dget_parent(dentry);
+	parent_inode = parent_dentry->d_inode;
+	dput(parent_dentry);
 	parent_root = BTRFS_I(parent_inode)->root;
 	record_root_in_trans(trans, parent_root);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index fb102a9..bf01bdb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2884,6 +2884,7 @@ static noinline int check_parent_dirs_for_sync(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
+	struct dentry *old_parent = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * for regular files, if its inode is already on disk, we don't
@@ -2925,10 +2926,13 @@ static noinline int check_parent_dirs_for_sync(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (IS_ROOT(parent))
 			break;
 
-		parent = parent->d_parent;
+		parent = dget_parent(parent);
+		dput(old_parent);
+		old_parent = parent;
 		inode = parent->d_inode;
 
 	}
+	dput(old_parent);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2960,6 +2964,7 @@ int btrfs_log_inode_parent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 {
 	int inode_only = exists_only ? LOG_INODE_EXISTS : LOG_INODE_ALL;
 	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct dentry *old_parent = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 last_committed = root->fs_info->last_trans_committed;
 
@@ -3031,10 +3036,13 @@ int btrfs_log_inode_parent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (IS_ROOT(parent))
 			break;
 
-		parent = parent->d_parent;
+		parent = dget_parent(parent);
+		dput(old_parent);
+		old_parent = parent;
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 end_trans:
+	dput(old_parent);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		BUG_ON(ret != -ENOSPC);
 		root->fs_info->last_trans_log_full_commit = trans->transid;
@@ -3054,8 +3062,14 @@ end_no_trans:
 int btrfs_log_dentry_safe(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	return btrfs_log_inode_parent(trans, root, dentry->d_inode,
-				      dentry->d_parent, 0);
+	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = btrfs_log_inode_parent(trans, root, dentry->d_inode, parent, 0);
+
+	dput(parent);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
