diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index bb6685711824..2dde5c6f1da8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -892,8 +892,6 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	struct btrfs_block_group *block_group;
 	struct btrfs_free_cluster *cluster;
-	struct btrfs_root *tree_root = fs_info->tree_root;
-	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct kobject *kobj = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -971,42 +969,9 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	spin_unlock(&trans->transaction->dirty_bgs_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&trans->transaction->cache_write_mutex);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		ret = btrfs_orphan_add(trans, BTRFS_I(inode));
-		if (ret) {
-			btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		clear_nlink(inode);
-		/* One for the block groups ref */
-		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
-		if (block_group->iref) {
-			block_group->iref = 0;
-			block_group->inode = NULL;
-			spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
-			iput(inode);
-		} else {
-			spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
-		}
-		/* One for our lookup ref */
-		btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
-	}
-
-	key.objectid = BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID;
-	key.type = 0;
-	key.offset = block_group->start;
-
-	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, tree_root, &key, path, -1, 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = btrfs_remove_free_space_inode(trans, inode, block_group);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	if (ret > 0)
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, tree_root, path);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-	}
 
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
 	rb_erase(&block_group->cache_node,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 5185e798cc57..660cc722ef3f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -207,6 +207,65 @@ int create_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					 ino, block_group->start);
 }
 
+/*
+ * inode is an optional sink: if it is NULL, btrfs_remove_free_space_inode
+ * handles lookup, otherwise it takes ownership and iputs the inode.
+ * Don't reuse an inode pointer after passing it into this function.
+ */
+int btrfs_remove_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				  struct inode *inode,
+				  struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
+{
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (!inode)
+		inode = lookup_free_space_inode(block_group, path);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(inode) != -ENOENT)
+			ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = btrfs_orphan_add(trans, BTRFS_I(inode));
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	clear_nlink(inode);
+	/* One for the block groups ref */
+	spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
+	if (block_group->iref) {
+		block_group->iref = 0;
+		block_group->inode = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+		iput(inode);
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+	}
+	/* One for the lookup ref */
+	btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
+
+	key.objectid = BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID;
+	key.type = 0;
+	key.offset = block_group->start;
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, trans->fs_info->tree_root, &key, path,
+				-1, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret > 0)
+			ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, trans->fs_info->tree_root, path);
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int btrfs_check_trunc_cache_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				       struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv)
 {
@@ -3997,6 +4056,28 @@ bool btrfs_free_space_cache_v1_active(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	return btrfs_super_cache_generation(fs_info->super_copy);
 }
 
+static int cleanup_free_space_cache_v1(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+				       struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
+{
+	struct btrfs_block_group *block_group;
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	int ret;
+
+	btrfs_info(fs_info, "cleaning free space cache v1");
+
+	node = rb_first(&fs_info->block_group_cache_tree);
+	while (node) {
+		block_group = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_block_group,
+				       cache_node);
+		ret = btrfs_remove_free_space_inode(trans, NULL, block_group);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+		node = rb_next(node);
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int btrfs_set_free_space_cache_v1_active(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 					 bool active)
 {
@@ -4004,18 +4085,30 @@ int btrfs_set_free_space_cache_v1_active(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * update_super_roots will appropriately set
-	 * fs_info->super_copy->cache_generation based on the SPACE_CACHE
-	 * option, so all we have to do is trigger a transaction commit.
+	 * update_super_roots will appropriately set or unset
+	 * fs_info->super_copy->cache_generation based on SPACE_CACHE and
+	 * BTRFS_FS_CLEANUP_SPACE_CACHE_V1. For this reason, we need a
+	 * transaction commit whether we are enabling space cache v1 and don't
+	 * have any other work to do, or are disabling it and removing free
+	 * space inodes.
 	 */
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(fs_info->tree_root, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans))
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
-	if (!active)
+	if (!active) {
 		set_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLEANUP_SPACE_CACHE_V1, &fs_info->flags);
+		ret = cleanup_free_space_cache_v1(fs_info, trans);
+		if (ret)
+			goto abort;
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+	goto out;
+abort:
+	btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+out:
 	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLEANUP_SPACE_CACHE_V1, &fs_info->flags);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
index 5c546898ded9..8df4b2925eca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ struct inode *lookup_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 int create_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			    struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 			    struct btrfs_path *path);
+int btrfs_remove_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				  struct inode *inode,
+				  struct btrfs_block_group *block_group);
 
 int btrfs_check_trunc_cache_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				       struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv);
