diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 1f5facdd19dc..dba14bd8ce79 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,15 @@ again:
 						 inode, name, namelen);
 			kfree(name);
 			iput(dir);
+			/*
+			 * Whenever we need to check if a name exists or not, we
+			 * check the subvolume tree. So after an unlink we must
+			 * run delayed items, so that future checks for a name
+			 * during log replay see that the name does not exists
+			 * anymore.
+			 */
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
 			goto again;
@@ -1480,6 +1489,15 @@ static noinline int add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				 */
 				if (!ret && inode->i_nlink == 0)
 					inc_nlink(inode);
+				/*
+				 * Whenever we need to check if a name exists or
+				 * not, we check the subvolume tree. So after an
+				 * unlink we must run delayed items, so that future
+				 * checks for a name during log replay see that the
+				 * name does not exists anymore.
+				 */
+				if (!ret)
+					ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans);
 			}
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;