diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index f19c6aa3ea4b..17ebcf19b444 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@ struct btrfs_drop_extents_args {
 struct btrfs_file_private {
 	void *filldir_buf;
 	u64 last_index;
-	bool fsync_skip_inode_lock;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index c44dfb4370d7..44160d4ad53e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1992,13 +1992,6 @@ again:
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dio)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dio);
 	} else {
-		struct btrfs_file_private stack_private = { 0 };
-		struct btrfs_file_private *private;
-		const bool have_private = (file->private_data != NULL);
-
-		if (!have_private)
-			file->private_data = &stack_private;
-
 		/*
 		 * If we have a synchoronous write, we must make sure the fsync
 		 * triggered by the iomap_dio_complete() call below doesn't
@@ -2007,13 +2000,10 @@ again:
 		 * partial writes due to the input buffer (or parts of it) not
 		 * being already faulted in.
 		 */
-		private = file->private_data;
-		private->fsync_skip_inode_lock = true;
+		ASSERT(current->journal_info == NULL);
+		current->journal_info = BTRFS_TRANS_DIO_WRITE_STUB;
 		err = iomap_dio_complete(dio);
-		private->fsync_skip_inode_lock = false;
-
-		if (!have_private)
-			file->private_data = NULL;
+		current->journal_info = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* No increment (+=) because iomap returns a cumulative value. */
@@ -2195,7 +2185,6 @@ static inline bool skip_inode_logging(const struct btrfs_log_ctx *ctx)
  */
 int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct btrfs_file_private *private = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
@@ -2205,7 +2194,13 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	int ret = 0, err;
 	u64 len;
 	bool full_sync;
-	const bool skip_ilock = (private ? private->fsync_skip_inode_lock : false);
+	bool skip_ilock = false;
+
+	if (current->journal_info == BTRFS_TRANS_DIO_WRITE_STUB) {
+		skip_ilock = true;
+		current->journal_info = NULL;
+		lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_rwsem);
+	}
 
 	trace_btrfs_sync_file(file, datasync);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index 0ded32bbd001..a06bc6ad4764 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 #include "delayed-ref.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
 
+/*
+ * Signal that a direct IO write is in progress, to avoid deadlock for sync
+ * direct IO writes when fsync is called during the direct IO write path.
+ */
+#define BTRFS_TRANS_DIO_WRITE_STUB	((void *) 1)
+
 enum btrfs_trans_state {
 	TRANS_STATE_RUNNING,
 	TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START,