diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
index fff2c28497b..ed88f5ee4be 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ static int mergable_maps(struct extent_map *prev, struct extent_map *next)
 	if (test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_COMPRESSED, &prev->flags))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &prev->flags) ||
+	    test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &next->flags))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (extent_map_end(prev) == next->start &&
 	    prev->flags == next->flags &&
 	    prev->bdev == next->bdev &&
@@ -256,7 +260,8 @@ int unpin_extent_cache(struct extent_map_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 len,
 	if (!em)
 		goto out;
 
-	list_move(&em->list, &tree->modified_extents);
+	if (!test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &em->flags))
+		list_move(&em->list, &tree->modified_extents);
 	em->generation = gen;
 	clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED, &em->flags);
 	em->mod_start = em->start;
@@ -281,6 +286,12 @@ out:
 
 }
 
+void clear_em_logging(struct extent_map_tree *tree, struct extent_map *em)
+{
+	clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &em->flags);
+	try_merge_map(tree, em);
+}
+
 /**
  * add_extent_mapping - add new extent map to the extent tree
  * @tree:	tree to insert new map in
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
index 922943ce29e..c6598c89cff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void free_extent_map(struct extent_map *em);
 int __init extent_map_init(void);
 void extent_map_exit(void);
 int unpin_extent_cache(struct extent_map_tree *tree, u64 start, u64 len, u64 gen);
+void clear_em_logging(struct extent_map_tree *tree, struct extent_map *em);
 struct extent_map *search_extent_mapping(struct extent_map_tree *tree,
 					 u64 start, u64 len);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 83186c7e45d..de8899b04d6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3410,13 +3410,13 @@ static int btrfs_log_changed_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		em = list_entry(extents.next, struct extent_map, list);
 
 		list_del_init(&em->list);
-		clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &em->flags);
 
 		/*
 		 * If we had an error we just need to delete everybody from our
 		 * private list.
 		 */
 		if (ret) {
+			clear_em_logging(tree, em);
 			free_extent_map(em);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -3424,8 +3424,9 @@ static int btrfs_log_changed_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		write_unlock(&tree->lock);
 
 		ret = log_one_extent(trans, inode, root, em, path);
-		free_extent_map(em);
 		write_lock(&tree->lock);
+		clear_em_logging(tree, em);
+		free_extent_map(em);
 	}
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&extents));
 	write_unlock(&tree->lock);