diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 86a11a902fcf0..2d46675946811 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1762,6 +1762,7 @@ static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)
 	int again;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 
+	set_freezable();
 	do {
 		again = 0;