diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index cef2f080fdcd..a2111eab614f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -639,7 +639,15 @@ static noinline void caching_thread(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	mutex_lock(&caching_ctl->mutex);
 	down_read(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
 
-	if (btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE))
+	/*
+	 * If we are in the transaction that populated the free space tree we
+	 * can't actually cache from the free space tree as our commit root and
+	 * real root are the same, so we could change the contents of the blocks
+	 * while caching.  Instead do the slow caching in this case, and after
+	 * the transaction has committed we will be safe.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE) &&
+	    !(test_bit(BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED, &fs_info->flags)))
 		ret = load_free_space_tree(caching_ctl);
 	else
 		ret = load_extent_tree_free(caching_ctl);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index e01545538e07..30ea9780725f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ enum {
 	BTRFS_FS_STATE_DEV_REPLACING,
 	/* The btrfs_fs_info created for self-tests */
 	BTRFS_FS_STATE_DUMMY_FS_INFO,
+
+	/* Indicate that we can't trust the free space tree for caching yet */
+	BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED,
 };
 
 #define BTRFS_BACKREF_REV_MAX		256
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
index 6b9faf3b0e96..6cf2f7bb30c2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ int btrfs_create_free_space_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
 	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_CREATING_FREE_SPACE_TREE, &fs_info->flags);
+	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED, &fs_info->flags);
 	free_space_root = btrfs_create_tree(trans,
 					    BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_OBJECTID);
 	if (IS_ERR(free_space_root)) {
@@ -1173,11 +1174,18 @@ int btrfs_create_free_space_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	btrfs_set_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE);
 	btrfs_set_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE_VALID);
 	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_CREATING_FREE_SPACE_TREE, &fs_info->flags);
+	ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
 
-	return btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+	/*
+	 * Now that we've committed the transaction any reading of our commit
+	 * root will be safe, so we can cache from the free space tree now.
+	 */
+	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED, &fs_info->flags);
+	return ret;
 
 abort:
 	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_CREATING_FREE_SPACE_TREE, &fs_info->flags);
+	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_FREE_SPACE_TREE_UNTRUSTED, &fs_info->flags);
 	btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 	return ret;