diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index 2bfece87bcda..9174c6dbbce5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ static struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *find_ref_head(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-bool btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
-			    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head)
+static bool btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
+				   struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&delayed_refs->lock);
 	if (mutex_trylock(&head->mutex))
@@ -561,8 +561,9 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *btrfs_select_ref_head(
 		struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs)
 {
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
+	bool locked;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&delayed_refs->lock);
+	spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 again:
 	head = find_ref_head(delayed_refs, delayed_refs->run_delayed_start,
 			     true);
@@ -570,16 +571,20 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *btrfs_select_ref_head(
 		delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = 0;
 		head = find_first_ref_head(delayed_refs);
 	}
-	if (!head)
+	if (!head) {
+		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	while (head->processing) {
 		struct rb_node *node;
 
 		node = rb_next(&head->href_node);
 		if (!node) {
-			if (delayed_refs->run_delayed_start == 0)
+			if (delayed_refs->run_delayed_start == 0) {
+				spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 				return NULL;
+			}
 			delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = 0;
 			goto again;
 		}
@@ -592,6 +597,18 @@ struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *btrfs_select_ref_head(
 	delayed_refs->num_heads_ready--;
 	delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = head->bytenr +
 		head->num_bytes;
+
+	locked = btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(delayed_refs, head);
+	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We may have dropped the spin lock to get the head mutex lock, and
+	 * that might have given someone else time to free the head.  If that's
+	 * true, it has been removed from our list and we can move on.
+	 */
+	if (!locked)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+
 	return head;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
index 04730c650212..956fbe5d6984 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *
 btrfs_find_delayed_ref_head(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
 			    u64 bytenr);
-bool btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs,
-			    struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head);
 static inline void btrfs_delayed_ref_unlock(struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head)
 {
 	mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 95d749cec49e..f5320a9cdf8f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1933,39 +1933,6 @@ static int cleanup_ref_head(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *btrfs_obtain_ref_head(
-					struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
-{
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root *delayed_refs =
-		&trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
-	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head = NULL;
-	bool locked;
-
-	spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-	head = btrfs_select_ref_head(delayed_refs);
-	if (!head) {
-		spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-		return head;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Grab the lock that says we are going to process all the refs for
-	 * this head
-	 */
-	locked = btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(delayed_refs, head);
-	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * We may have dropped the spin lock to get the head mutex lock, and
-	 * that might have given someone else time to free the head.  If that's
-	 * true, it has been removed from our list and we can move on.
-	 */
-	if (!locked)
-		head = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
-
-	return head;
-}
-
 static int btrfs_run_delayed_refs_for_head(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					   struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *locked_ref,
 					   u64 *bytes_released)
@@ -2072,7 +2039,7 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	do {
 		if (!locked_ref) {
-			locked_ref = btrfs_obtain_ref_head(trans);
+			locked_ref = btrfs_select_ref_head(delayed_refs);
 			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(locked_ref)) {
 				if (PTR_ERR(locked_ref) == -EAGAIN) {
 					continue;
