diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index b793d112d1f6..a3c4751e07db 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -482,8 +482,10 @@ static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry,
 	ret = btrfs_snap_reserve_metadata(trans, pending_snapshot);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
+	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
 	list_add(&pending_snapshot->list,
 		 &trans->transaction->pending_snapshots);
+	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
 	if (async_transid) {
 		*async_transid = trans->transid;
 		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction_async(trans,