diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index f05cce7c8b8d..f7e87fe583ab 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ static int btrfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 static void btrfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
+	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLOSING_START, &fs_info->flags);
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 	btrfs_free_fs_info(fs_info);
 }