diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index c8568b1a61c432..75fa563e4cacb8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ struct btrfs_file_private {
 	void *filldir_buf;
 	u64 last_index;
 	struct extent_state *llseek_cached_state;
+	bool fsync_skip_inode_lock;
 };
 
 static inline u32 BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(const struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/direct-io.c b/fs/btrfs/direct-io.c
index f9fb2db6a1e4ad..67adbe9d294aec 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/direct-io.c
@@ -856,21 +856,37 @@ ssize_t btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	 * So here we disable page faults in the iov_iter and then retry if we
 	 * got -EFAULT, faulting in the pages before the retry.
 	 */
+again:
 	from->nofault = true;
 	dio = btrfs_dio_write(iocb, from, written);
 	from->nofault = false;
 
-	/*
-	 * iomap_dio_complete() will call btrfs_sync_file() if we have a dsync
-	 * iocb, and that needs to lock the inode. So unlock it before calling
-	 * iomap_dio_complete() to avoid a deadlock.
-	 */
-	btrfs_inode_unlock(BTRFS_I(inode), ilock_flags);
-
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dio))
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dio)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dio);
-	else
+	} else {
+		struct btrfs_file_private stack_private = { 0 };
+		struct btrfs_file_private *private;
+		const bool have_private = (file->private_data != NULL);
+
+		if (!have_private)
+			file->private_data = &stack_private;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we have a synchronous write, we must make sure the fsync
+		 * triggered by the iomap_dio_complete() call below doesn't
+		 * deadlock on the inode lock - we are already holding it and we
+		 * can't call it after unlocking because we may need to complete
+		 * partial writes due to the input buffer (or parts of it) not
+		 * being already faulted in.
+		 */
+		private = file->private_data;
+		private->fsync_skip_inode_lock = true;
 		ret = iomap_dio_complete(dio);
+		private->fsync_skip_inode_lock = false;
+
+		if (!have_private)
+			file->private_data = NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* No increment (+=) because iomap returns a cumulative value. */
 	if (ret > 0)
@@ -897,10 +913,12 @@ ssize_t btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		} else {
 			fault_in_iov_iter_readable(from, left);
 			prev_left = left;
-			goto relock;
+			goto again;
 		}
 	}
 
+	btrfs_inode_unlock(BTRFS_I(inode), ilock_flags);
+
 	/*
 	 * If 'ret' is -ENOTBLK or we have not written all data, then it means
 	 * we must fallback to buffered IO.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 21381de906f607..9f10a9f23fcc8b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ static inline bool skip_inode_logging(const struct btrfs_log_ctx *ctx)
  */
 int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
+	struct btrfs_file_private *private = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
 	struct btrfs_inode *inode = BTRFS_I(d_inode(dentry));
 	struct btrfs_root *root = inode->root;
@@ -1612,6 +1613,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	int ret = 0, err;
 	u64 len;
 	bool full_sync;
+	const bool skip_ilock = (private ? private->fsync_skip_inode_lock : false);
 
 	trace_btrfs_sync_file(file, datasync);
 
@@ -1639,7 +1641,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	btrfs_inode_lock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
+	if (skip_ilock)
+		down_write(&inode->i_mmap_lock);
+	else
+		btrfs_inode_lock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
 
 	atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
 
@@ -1663,7 +1668,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	 */
 	ret = start_ordered_ops(inode, start, end);
 	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
+		if (skip_ilock)
+			up_write(&inode->i_mmap_lock);
+		else
+			btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1788,7 +1796,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	 * file again, but that will end up using the synchronization
 	 * inside btrfs_sync_log to keep things safe.
 	 */
-	btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
+	if (skip_ilock)
+		up_write(&inode->i_mmap_lock);
+	else
+		btrfs_inode_unlock(inode, BTRFS_ILOCK_MMAP);
 
 	if (ret == BTRFS_NO_LOG_SYNC) {
 		ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);