diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 462859a3..7ec1409 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
 				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending) ||
 				    !list_empty(&worker->prio_pending)) {
 					spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
+					set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 					goto again;
 				}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index c346d32..66e4c66 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1063,9 +1063,6 @@
 			snap_pending = 1;
 
 		WARN_ON(cur_trans != trans->transaction);
-		prepare_to_wait(&cur_trans->writer_wait, &wait,
-				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 		if (cur_trans->num_writers > 1)
 			timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 		else if (should_grow)
@@ -1088,6 +1085,9 @@
 		 */
 		btrfs_run_ordered_operations(root, 1);
 
+		prepare_to_wait(&cur_trans->writer_wait, &wait,
+				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
 		smp_mb();
 		if (cur_trans->num_writers > 1 || should_grow)
 			schedule_timeout(timeout);