diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 8b090c40daf7..f33bad9f5e29 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct share_check {
 	u64 root_objectid;
 	u64 inum;
 	int share_count;
+	bool have_delayed_delete_refs;
 };
 
 static inline int extent_is_shared(struct share_check *sc)
@@ -882,13 +883,22 @@ static int add_delayed_refs(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			key.offset = ref->offset;
 
 			/*
-			 * Found a inum that doesn't match our known inum, we
-			 * know it's shared.
+			 * If we have a share check context and a reference for
+			 * another inode, we can't exit immediately. This is
+			 * because even if this is a BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF
+			 * reference we may find next a BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF
+			 * which cancels out this ADD reference.
+			 *
+			 * If this is a DROP reference and there was no previous
+			 * ADD reference, then we need to signal that when we
+			 * process references from the extent tree (through
+			 * add_inline_refs() and add_keyed_refs()), we should
+			 * not exit early if we find a reference for another
+			 * inode, because one of the delayed DROP references
+			 * may cancel that reference in the extent tree.
 			 */
-			if (sc && sc->inum && ref->objectid != sc->inum) {
-				ret = BACKREF_FOUND_SHARED;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			if (sc && count < 0)
+				sc->have_delayed_delete_refs = true;
 
 			ret = add_indirect_ref(fs_info, preftrees, ref->root,
 					       &key, 0, node->bytenr, count, sc,
@@ -918,7 +928,7 @@ static int add_delayed_refs(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	}
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = extent_is_shared(sc);
-out:
+
 	spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1021,7 +1031,8 @@ static int add_inline_refs(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			key.type = BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY;
 			key.offset = btrfs_extent_data_ref_offset(leaf, dref);
 
-			if (sc && sc->inum && key.objectid != sc->inum) {
+			if (sc && sc->inum && key.objectid != sc->inum &&
+			    !sc->have_delayed_delete_refs) {
 				ret = BACKREF_FOUND_SHARED;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1031,6 +1042,7 @@ static int add_inline_refs(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			ret = add_indirect_ref(fs_info, preftrees, root,
 					       &key, 0, bytenr, count,
 					       sc, GFP_NOFS);
+
 			break;
 		}
 		default:
@@ -1120,7 +1132,8 @@ static int add_keyed_refs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			key.type = BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY;
 			key.offset = btrfs_extent_data_ref_offset(leaf, dref);
 
-			if (sc && sc->inum && key.objectid != sc->inum) {
+			if (sc && sc->inum && key.objectid != sc->inum &&
+			    !sc->have_delayed_delete_refs) {
 				ret = BACKREF_FOUND_SHARED;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1547,6 +1560,7 @@ int btrfs_check_shared(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 inum, u64 bytenr,
 		.root_objectid = root->root_key.objectid,
 		.inum = inum,
 		.share_count = 0,
+		.have_delayed_delete_refs = false,
 	};
 
 	ulist_init(roots);
@@ -1581,6 +1595,7 @@ int btrfs_check_shared(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 inum, u64 bytenr,
 			break;
 		bytenr = node->val;
 		shared.share_count = 0;
+		shared.have_delayed_delete_refs = false;
 		cond_resched();
 	}