diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index c76c360bece5..cf13c7b7aa26 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -4297,6 +4297,17 @@ void __cold close_ctree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 
 	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLOSING_START, &fs_info->flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * If we had UNFINISHED_DROPS we could still be processing them, so
+	 * clear that bit and wake up relocation so it can stop.
+	 * We must do this before stopping the block group reclaim task, because
+	 * at btrfs_relocate_block_group() we wait for this bit, and after the
+	 * wait we stop with -EINTR if btrfs_fs_closing() returns non-zero - we
+	 * have just set BTRFS_FS_CLOSING_START, so btrfs_fs_closing() will
+	 * return 1.
+	 */
+	btrfs_wake_unfinished_drop(fs_info);
+
 	/*
 	 * We may have the reclaim task running and relocating a data block group,
 	 * in which case it may create delayed iputs. So stop it before we park
@@ -4315,12 +4326,6 @@ void __cold close_ctree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	 */
 	kthread_park(fs_info->cleaner_kthread);
 
-	/*
-	 * If we had UNFINISHED_DROPS we could still be processing them, so
-	 * clear that bit and wake up relocation so it can stop.
-	 */
-	btrfs_wake_unfinished_drop(fs_info);
-
 	/* wait for the qgroup rescan worker to stop */
 	btrfs_qgroup_wait_for_completion(fs_info, false);