diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3c6f7fecbb9a..840e7959b077 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,15 @@ int btrfs_finish_extent_commit(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 						   block_group->length,
 						   &trimmed);
 
+		/*
+		 * Not strictly necessary to lock, as the block_group should be
+		 * read-only from btrfs_delete_unused_bgs().
+		 */
+		ASSERT(block_group->ro);
+		spin_lock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
+		spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
+
 		btrfs_unfreeze_block_group(block_group);
 		btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 914a22cc950b..7c789b4b946b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -160,7 +160,13 @@ void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction)
 			cache = list_first_entry(&transaction->deleted_bgs,
 						 struct btrfs_block_group,
 						 bg_list);
+			/*
+			 * Not strictly necessary to lock, as no other task will be using a
+			 * block_group on the deleted_bgs list during a transaction abort.
+			 */
+			spin_lock(&transaction->fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 			list_del_init(&cache->bg_list);
+			spin_unlock(&transaction->fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 			btrfs_unfreeze_block_group(cache);
 			btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
 		}
@@ -2097,7 +2103,13 @@ static void btrfs_cleanup_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(block_group, tmp, &trans->new_bgs, bg_list) {
                btrfs_dec_delayed_refs_rsv_bg_inserts(fs_info);
+		/*
+		* Not strictly necessary to lock, as no other task will be using a
+		* block_group on the new_bgs list during a transaction abort.
+		*/
+	       spin_lock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
                list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
+	       spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
        }
 }