diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 9b703c0db979..b7bfecfc2ea3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -5294,6 +5294,18 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		mutex_lock(&inode->log_mutex);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For symlinks, we must always log their content, which is stored in an
+	 * inline extent, otherwise we could end up with an empty symlink after
+	 * log replay, which is invalid on linux (symlink(2) returns -ENOENT if
+	 * one attempts to create an empty symlink).
+	 * We don't need to worry about flushing delalloc, because when we create
+	 * the inline extent when the symlink is created (we never have delalloc
+	 * for symlinks).
+	 */
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->vfs_inode.i_mode))
+		inode_only = LOG_INODE_ALL;
+
 	/*
 	 * a brute force approach to making sure we get the most uptodate
 	 * copies of everything.
@@ -5707,7 +5719,7 @@ process_leaf:
 			}
 
 			ctx->log_new_dentries = false;
-			if (type == BTRFS_FT_DIR || type == BTRFS_FT_SYMLINK)
+			if (type == BTRFS_FT_DIR)
 				log_mode = LOG_INODE_ALL;
 			ret = btrfs_log_inode(trans, root, BTRFS_I(di_inode),
 					      log_mode, 0, LLONG_MAX, ctx);