diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 888d72dda794..b723ad9bd1e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -4246,16 +4246,9 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 
 		head = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head,
 				href_node);
-		if (!mutex_trylock(&head->mutex)) {
-			refcount_inc(&head->refs);
-			spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
-
-			mutex_lock(&head->mutex);
-			mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
-			btrfs_put_delayed_ref_head(head);
-			spin_lock(&delayed_refs->lock);
+		if (btrfs_delayed_ref_lock(delayed_refs, head))
 			continue;
-		}
+
 		spin_lock(&head->lock);
 		while ((n = rb_first_cached(&head->ref_tree)) != NULL) {
 			ref = rb_entry(n, struct btrfs_delayed_ref_node,