diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index a3b27204371c..c0f1d6818df7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1766,16 +1766,10 @@ static void link_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group *cache)
 {
 	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info = cache->space_info;
 	int index = btrfs_bg_flags_to_raid_index(cache->flags);
-	bool first = false;
 
 	down_write(&space_info->groups_sem);
-	if (list_empty(&space_info->block_groups[index]))
-		first = true;
 	list_add_tail(&cache->list, &space_info->block_groups[index]);
 	up_write(&space_info->groups_sem);
-
-	if (first)
-		btrfs_sysfs_add_block_group_type(cache);
 }
 
 static struct btrfs_block_group *btrfs_create_block_group_cache(
@@ -2032,6 +2026,17 @@ int btrfs_read_block_groups(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(space_info, &info->space_info, list) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES; i++) {
+			if (list_empty(&space_info->block_groups[i]))
+				continue;
+			cache = list_first_entry(&space_info->block_groups[i],
+						 struct btrfs_block_group,
+						 list);
+			btrfs_sysfs_add_block_group_type(cache);
+		}
+
 		if (!(btrfs_get_alloc_profile(info, space_info->flags) &
 		      (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID10 |
 		       BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1_MASK |
@@ -2091,12 +2096,16 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 		return;
 
 	while (!list_empty(&trans->new_bgs)) {
+		int index;
+
 		block_group = list_first_entry(&trans->new_bgs,
 					       struct btrfs_block_group,
 					       bg_list);
 		if (ret)
 			goto next;
 
+		index = btrfs_bg_flags_to_raid_index(block_group->flags);
+
 		ret = insert_block_group_item(trans, block_group);
 		if (ret)
 			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
@@ -2105,6 +2114,16 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 		if (ret)
 			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 		add_block_group_free_space(trans, block_group);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we restriped during balance, we may have added a new raid
+		 * type, so now add the sysfs entries when it is safe to do so.
+		 * We don't have to worry about locking here as it's handled in
+		 * btrfs_sysfs_add_block_group_type.
+		 */
+		if (block_group->space_info->block_group_kobjs[index] == NULL)
+			btrfs_sysfs_add_block_group_type(block_group);
+
 		/* Already aborted the transaction if it failed. */
 next:
 		btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_release(fs_info, 1);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
index 13354de56201..279d9262b676 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
@@ -1137,17 +1137,38 @@ void btrfs_sysfs_add_block_group_type(struct btrfs_block_group *cache)
 
 	rkobj->flags = cache->flags;
 	kobject_init(&rkobj->kobj, &btrfs_raid_ktype);
+
+	/*
+	 * We call this either on mount, or if we've created a block group for a
+	 * new index type while running (i.e. when restriping).  The running
+	 * case is tricky because we could race with other threads, so we need
+	 * to have this check to make sure we didn't already init the kobject.
+	 *
+	 * We don't have to protect on the free side because it only happens on
+	 * unmount.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
+	if (space_info->block_group_kobjs[index]) {
+		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
+		kobject_put(&rkobj->kobj);
+		return;
+	} else {
+		space_info->block_group_kobjs[index] = &rkobj->kobj;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
+
 	ret = kobject_add(&rkobj->kobj, &space_info->kobj, "%s",
 			  btrfs_bg_type_to_raid_name(rkobj->flags));
 	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	if (ret) {
+		spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
+		space_info->block_group_kobjs[index] = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 		kobject_put(&rkobj->kobj);
 		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
 			"failed to add kobject for block cache, ignoring");
 		return;
 	}
-
-	space_info->block_group_kobjs[index] = &rkobj->kobj;
 }
 
 /*