diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 6f0c59debc2b3..0943731f7edd8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	delayed_refs = &trans->transaction->delayed_refs;
 	if (count == 0)
-		count = atomic_read(&delayed_refs->num_entries) * 2;
+		count = delayed_refs->num_heads_ready;
 
 again:
 #ifdef SCRAMBLE_DELAYED_REFS