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diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 0905653..544fc3f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ static int cache_block_group(struct btrfs_root *root,
return -ENOMEM;
path->reada = 2;
+ /*
+ * we get into deadlocks with paths held by callers of this function.
+ * since the alloc_mutex is protecting things right now, just
+ * skip the locking here
+ */
+ path->skip_locking = 1;
first_free = block_group->key.objectid;
key.objectid = block_group->key.objectid;
key.offset = 0;