diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 24658b5a5787..f2ec1a9bae28 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -326,12 +326,10 @@ u64 btrfs_get_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			   struct seq_list *elem)
 {
 	write_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
-	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	if (!elem->seq) {
 		elem->seq = btrfs_inc_tree_mod_seq(fs_info);
 		list_add_tail(&elem->list, &fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	write_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 
 	return elem->seq;
@@ -351,7 +349,7 @@ void btrfs_put_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (!seq_putting)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	write_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 	list_del(&elem->list);
 	elem->seq = 0;
 
@@ -362,19 +360,17 @@ void btrfs_put_tree_mod_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				 * blocker with lower sequence number exists, we
 				 * cannot remove anything from the log
 				 */
-				spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+				write_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 				return;
 			}
 			min_seq = cur_elem->seq;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * anything that's lower than the lowest existing (read: blocked)
 	 * sequence number can be removed from the tree.
 	 */
-	write_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 	tm_root = &fs_info->tree_mod_log;
 	for (node = rb_first(tm_root); node; node = next) {
 		next = rb_next(node);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 54efb21c2727..ba7292435c14 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -673,14 +673,12 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	atomic_t nr_delayed_iputs;
 	wait_queue_head_t delayed_iputs_wait;
 
-	/* this protects tree_mod_seq_list */
-	spinlock_t tree_mod_seq_lock;
 	atomic64_t tree_mod_seq;
-	struct list_head tree_mod_seq_list;
 
-	/* this protects tree_mod_log */
+	/* this protects tree_mod_log and tree_mod_seq_list */
 	rwlock_t tree_mod_log_lock;
 	struct rb_root tree_mod_log;
+	struct list_head tree_mod_seq_list;
 
 	atomic_t async_delalloc_pages;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index df3bd880061d..dfdb7d4f8406 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (head->is_data)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	read_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list)) {
 		struct seq_list *elem;
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void btrfs_merge_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					struct seq_list, list);
 		seq = elem->seq;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	read_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 
 again:
 	for (node = rb_first_cached(&head->ref_tree); node;
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ int btrfs_check_delayed_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 seq)
 	struct seq_list *elem;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	read_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list)) {
 		elem = list_first_entry(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list,
 					struct seq_list, list);
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int btrfs_check_delayed_seq(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 seq)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
+	read_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e0edfdc9c82b..9af3c4836ed3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2691,7 +2691,6 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->fs_roots_radix_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->delayed_iput_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->defrag_inodes_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->super_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->buffer_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/btrfs-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/btrfs-tests.c
index a7aca4141788..fa3d49d8e503 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/btrfs-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/btrfs-tests.c
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info *btrfs_alloc_dummy_fs_info(u32 nodesize, u32 sectorsize)
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->super_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->fs_roots_radix_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_lock);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->qgroup_rescan_lock);
 	rwlock_init(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
