diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 37401cc04a6b..df02ed25b7db 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -982,14 +982,26 @@ void btrfs_lock_and_flush_ordered_range(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 					struct extent_state **cached_state)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered;
+	struct extent_state *cachedp = NULL;
+
+	if (cached_state)
+		cachedp = *cached_state;
 
 	while (1) {
-		lock_extent_bits(tree, start, end, cached_state);
+		lock_extent_bits(tree, start, end, &cachedp);
 		ordered = btrfs_lookup_ordered_range(inode, start,
 						     end - start + 1);
-		if (!ordered)
+		if (!ordered) {
+			/*
+			 * If no external cached_state has been passed then
+			 * decrement the extra ref taken for cachedp since we
+			 * aren't exposing it outside of this function
+			 */
+			if (!cached_state)
+				refcount_dec(&cachedp->refs);
 			break;
-		unlock_extent_cached(tree, start, end, cached_state);
+		}
+		unlock_extent_cached(tree, start, end, &cachedp);
 		btrfs_start_ordered_extent(&inode->vfs_inode, ordered, 1);
 		btrfs_put_ordered_extent(ordered);
 	}