diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 40f38f7..5217c81 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ struct btrfs_ordered_sum;
 /* For storing free space cache */
 #define BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID -11ULL
 
+/*
+ * The inode number assigned to the special inode for sotring
+ * free ino cache
+ */
+#define BTRFS_FREE_INO_OBJECTID -12ULL
+
 /* dummy objectid represents multiple objectids */
 #define BTRFS_MULTIPLE_OBJECTIDS -255ULL
 
@@ -1109,6 +1115,7 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 	wait_queue_head_t cache_wait;
 	struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *free_ino_pinned;
 	u64 cache_progress;
+	struct inode *cache_inode;
 
 	struct mutex log_mutex;
 	wait_queue_head_t log_writer_wait;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 5c92066..9e8a449 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2403,6 +2403,7 @@ int btrfs_free_fs_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 static void free_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
+	iput(root->cache_inode);
 	WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&root->inode_tree));
 	if (root->anon_super.s_dev) {
 		down_write(&root->anon_super.s_umount);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3ad4621..104f2eb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3122,7 +3122,8 @@ int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct inode *inode, u64 bytes)
 	/* make sure bytes are sectorsize aligned */
 	bytes = (bytes + root->sectorsize - 1) & ~((u64)root->sectorsize - 1);
 
-	if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root) {
+	if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root ||
+	    BTRFS_I(inode)->location.objectid == BTRFS_FREE_INO_OBJECTID) {
 		alloc_chunk = 0;
 		committed = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 327e249..3c9e041 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ int btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int readahead_cache(struct inode *inode)
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ int load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 		block_group->disk_cache_state = BTRFS_DC_CLEAR;
 		spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+		ret = 0;
 
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to load free space cache "
 		       "for block group %llu\n", block_group->key.objectid);
@@ -817,6 +819,7 @@ int btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 		block_group->disk_cache_state = BTRFS_DC_ERROR;
 		spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+		ret = 0;
 
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to write free space cache "
 		       "for block group %llu\n", block_group->key.objectid);
@@ -2264,3 +2267,95 @@ out:
 
 	return ino;
 }
+
+struct inode *lookup_free_ino_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				    struct btrfs_path *path)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&root->cache_lock);
+	if (root->cache_inode)
+		inode = igrab(root->cache_inode);
+	spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
+	if (inode)
+		return inode;
+
+	inode = __lookup_free_space_inode(root, path, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return inode;
+
+	spin_lock(&root->cache_lock);
+	if (!root->fs_info->closing)
+		root->cache_inode = igrab(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
+int create_free_ino_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			  struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			  struct btrfs_path *path)
+{
+	return __create_free_space_inode(root, trans, path,
+					 BTRFS_FREE_INO_OBJECTID, 0);
+}
+
+int load_free_ino_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl = root->free_ino_ctl;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u64 root_gen = btrfs_root_generation(&root->root_item);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we're unmounting then just return, since this does a search on the
+	 * normal root and not the commit root and we could deadlock.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (fs_info->closing)
+		return 0;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return 0;
+
+	inode = lookup_free_ino_inode(root, path);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (root_gen != BTRFS_I(inode)->generation)
+		goto out_put;
+
+	ret = __load_free_space_cache(root, inode, ctl, path, 0);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to load free ino cache for "
+		       "root %llu\n", root->root_key.objectid);
+out_put:
+	iput(inode);
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_write_out_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			      struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			      struct btrfs_path *path)
+{
+	struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl = root->free_ino_ctl;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int ret;
+
+	inode = lookup_free_ino_inode(root, path);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = __btrfs_write_out_cache(root, inode, ctl, trans, path, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: failed to write free ino cache "
+		       "for root %llu\n", root->root_key.objectid);
+
+	iput(inode);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
index 282eeda..c805ebc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ int btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			  struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group,
 			  struct btrfs_path *path);
 
+struct inode *lookup_free_ino_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				    struct btrfs_path *path);
+int create_free_ino_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			  struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			  struct btrfs_path *path);
+int load_free_ino_cache(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+			struct btrfs_root *root);
+int btrfs_write_out_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			      struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			      struct btrfs_path *path);
+
 void btrfs_init_free_space_ctl(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group);
 int __btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 			   u64 bytenr, u64 size);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
index cfa9f5e..e94e5b4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ out:
 static void start_caching(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
+	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock(&root->cache_lock);
 	if (root->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_NO) {
@@ -147,6 +148,14 @@ static void start_caching(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	root->cached = BTRFS_CACHE_STARTED;
 	spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
 
+	ret = load_free_ino_cache(root->fs_info, root);
+	if (ret == 1) {
+		spin_lock(&root->cache_lock);
+		root->cached = BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED;
+		spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	tsk = kthread_run(caching_kthread, root, "btrfs-ino-cache-%llu\n",
 			  root->root_key.objectid);
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(tsk));
@@ -352,6 +361,84 @@ void btrfs_init_free_ino_ctl(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	pinned->op = &pinned_free_ino_op;
 }
 
+int btrfs_save_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			 struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
+{
+	struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl = root->free_ino_ctl;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	u64 alloc_hint = 0;
+	int ret;
+	int prealloc;
+	bool retry = false;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+again:
+	inode = lookup_free_ino_inode(root, path);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode) && PTR_ERR(inode) != -ENOENT) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		BUG_ON(retry);
+		retry = true;
+
+		ret = create_free_ino_inode(root, trans, path);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = 0;
+	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	WARN_ON(ret);
+
+	if (i_size_read(inode) > 0) {
+		ret = btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(root, trans, path, inode);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&root->cache_lock);
+	if (root->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED) {
+		ret = -1;
+		spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&root->cache_lock);
+
+	spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
+	prealloc = sizeof(struct btrfs_free_space) * ctl->free_extents;
+	prealloc = ALIGN(prealloc, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	prealloc += ctl->total_bitmaps * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+	spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
+
+	/* Just to make sure we have enough space */
+	prealloc += 8 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+
+	ret = btrfs_check_data_free_space(inode, prealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_put;
+
+	ret = btrfs_prealloc_file_range_trans(inode, trans, 0, 0, prealloc,
+					      prealloc, prealloc, &alloc_hint);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_put;
+	btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(inode, prealloc);
+
+out_put:
+	iput(inode);
+out:
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = btrfs_write_out_ino_cache(root, trans, path);
+
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int btrfs_find_highest_objectid(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 *objectid)
 {
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.h b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.h
index eb91845..ddb347b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ void btrfs_init_free_ino_ctl(struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_unpin_free_ino(struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_return_ino(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 objectid);
 int btrfs_find_free_ino(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 *objectid);
+int btrfs_save_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
+			 struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans);
 
 int btrfs_find_free_objectid(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 *objectid);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d96d858..595646a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -740,6 +740,15 @@ static u64 get_extent_allocation_hint(struct inode *inode, u64 start,
 	return alloc_hint;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				       struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root ||
+	    BTRFS_I(inode)->location.objectid == BTRFS_FREE_INO_OBJECTID)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * when extent_io.c finds a delayed allocation range in the file,
  * the call backs end up in this code.  The basic idea is to
@@ -772,7 +781,7 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct inode *inode,
 	struct extent_map_tree *em_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(root == root->fs_info->tree_root);
+	BUG_ON(is_free_space_inode(root, inode));
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, inode);
@@ -1043,17 +1052,18 @@ static noinline int run_delalloc_nocow(struct inode *inode,
 	int type;
 	int nocow;
 	int check_prev = 1;
-	bool nolock = false;
+	bool nolock;
 	u64 ino = btrfs_ino(inode);
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	BUG_ON(!path);
-	if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root) {
-		nolock = true;
+
+	nolock = is_free_space_inode(root, inode);
+
+	if (nolock)
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(root, 1);
-	} else {
+	else
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
-	}
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
 
 	cow_start = (u64)-1;
@@ -1310,8 +1320,7 @@ static int btrfs_set_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 	if (!(state->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (*bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 		u64 len = state->end + 1 - state->start;
-		int do_list = (root->root_key.objectid !=
-			       BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID);
+		bool do_list = !is_free_space_inode(root, inode);
 
 		if (*bits & EXTENT_FIRST_DELALLOC)
 			*bits &= ~EXTENT_FIRST_DELALLOC;
@@ -1344,8 +1353,7 @@ static int btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 	if ((state->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (*bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 		u64 len = state->end + 1 - state->start;
-		int do_list = (root->root_key.objectid !=
-			       BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID);
+		bool do_list = !is_free_space_inode(root, inode);
 
 		if (*bits & EXTENT_FIRST_DELALLOC)
 			*bits &= ~EXTENT_FIRST_DELALLOC;
@@ -1452,7 +1460,7 @@ static int btrfs_submit_bio_hook(struct inode *inode, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 
 	skip_sum = BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
 
-	if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root)
+	if (is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
 		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, 2);
 	else
 		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, 0);
@@ -1692,7 +1700,7 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 	struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 	int compress_type = 0;
 	int ret;
-	bool nolock = false;
+	bool nolock;
 
 	ret = btrfs_dec_test_ordered_pending(inode, &ordered_extent, start,
 					     end - start + 1);
@@ -1700,7 +1708,7 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 		return 0;
 	BUG_ON(!ordered_extent);
 
-	nolock = (root == root->fs_info->tree_root);
+	nolock = is_free_space_inode(root, inode);
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_NOCOW, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ordered_extent->list));
@@ -3418,7 +3426,9 @@ delete:
 
 		if (path->slots[0] == 0 ||
 		    path->slots[0] != pending_del_slot) {
-			if (root->ref_cows) {
+			if (root->ref_cows &&
+			    BTRFS_I(inode)->location.objectid !=
+						BTRFS_FREE_INO_OBJECTID) {
 				err = -EAGAIN;
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -3740,7 +3750,7 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	if (inode->i_nlink && (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) != 0 ||
-			       root == root->fs_info->tree_root))
+			       is_free_space_inode(root, inode)))
 		goto no_delete;
 
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
@@ -4363,7 +4373,8 @@ int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		return 0;
 
 	smp_mb();
-	nolock = (root->fs_info->closing && root == root->fs_info->tree_root);
+	if (root->fs_info->closing && is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
+		nolock = true;
 
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
 		if (nolock)
@@ -6755,7 +6766,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
 	if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0 &&
-	    root != root->fs_info->tree_root)
+	    !is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
 		return 1;
 	else
 		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 6f5a704..06825c5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@ static noinline int commit_fs_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			btrfs_update_reloc_root(trans, root);
 			btrfs_orphan_commit_root(trans, root);
 
+			btrfs_save_ino_cache(root, trans);
+
 			if (root->commit_root != root->node) {
 				mutex_lock(&root->fs_commit_mutex);
 				switch_commit_root(root);
