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diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 83478deada3b..11044e9e2cb1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/btrfs.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/fs_parser.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
#include "messages.h"
#include "delayed-inode.h"
#include "ctree.h"
@@ -2409,6 +2410,15 @@ static long btrfs_free_cached_objects(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_cont
const long nr_to_scan = min_t(unsigned long, LONG_MAX, sc->nr_to_scan);
struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
+ /*
+ * We may be called from any task trying to allocate memory and we don't
+ * want to slow it down with scanning and dropping extent maps. It would
+ * also cause heavy lock contention if many tasks concurrently enter
+ * here. Therefore only allow kswapd tasks to scan and drop extent maps.
+ */
+ if (!current_is_kswapd())
+ return 0;
+
return btrfs_free_extent_maps(fs_info, nr_to_scan);
}