diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index ab9d9ed20e0c..d07a23f15e22 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2765,10 +2765,12 @@ enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum {
 enum btrfs_flush_state {
 	FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS_NR	=	1,
 	FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS	=	2,
-	FLUSH_DELALLOC		=	3,
-	FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT	=	4,
-	ALLOC_CHUNK		=	5,
-	COMMIT_TRANS		=	6,
+	FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS_NR	=	3,
+	FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS	=	4,
+	FLUSH_DELALLOC		=	5,
+	FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT	=	6,
+	ALLOC_CHUNK		=	7,
+	COMMIT_TRANS		=	8,
 };
 
 int btrfs_alloc_data_chunk_ondemand(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 bytes);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index e2f6dbed0c63..1b10c2fe7c7d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4938,6 +4938,20 @@ static void flush_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		shrink_delalloc(fs_info, num_bytes * 2, num_bytes,
 				state == FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT);
 		break;
+	case FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS_NR:
+	case FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS:
+		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+			break;
+		}
+		if (state == FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS_NR)
+			nr = calc_reclaim_items_nr(fs_info, num_bytes);
+		else
+			nr = 0;
+		btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, nr);
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+		break;
 	case ALLOC_CHUNK:
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
 		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
diff --git a/include/trace/events/btrfs.h b/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
index 4b8400f7d4fa..2887503e4d12 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/btrfs.h
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(btrfs_trigger_flush,
 		{ FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS,		"FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS"},		\
 		{ FLUSH_DELALLOC,		"FLUSH_DELALLOC"},		\
 		{ FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT,		"FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT"},		\
+		{ FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS_NR,	"FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS_NR"},	\
+		{ FLUSH_DELAYED_REFS,		"FLUSH_ELAYED_REFS"},		\
 		{ ALLOC_CHUNK,			"ALLOC_CHUNK"},			\
 		{ COMMIT_TRANS,			"COMMIT_TRANS"})