diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.c b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
index 7979449a58d6..f9be1f0f68f0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void __btrfs_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb, enum btrfs_lock_nesting ne
 
 void btrfs_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	__btrfs_tree_read_lock(eb, BTRFS_NESTING_NORMAL);
+	__btrfs_tree_read_lock(eb, BTRFS_NESTING_COW);
 }
 
 /*