diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index adec228..b78d3ab 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -745,6 +745,15 @@
 	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
@@ -777,7 +786,7 @@
 	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);
@@ -1048,17 +1057,18 @@
 	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;
@@ -1316,8 +1326,7 @@
 	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;
@@ -1350,8 +1359,7 @@
 	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;
@@ -1458,7 +1466,7 @@
 
 	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);
@@ -1701,7 +1709,7 @@
 	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);
@@ -1709,7 +1717,7 @@
 		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));
@@ -3473,7 +3481,9 @@
 
 		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;
 			}
@@ -3765,7 +3775,7 @@
 
 	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)) {
@@ -4382,7 +4392,8 @@
 		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)
@@ -6900,7 +6911,7 @@
 	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);