diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0a4a2c141caa44..f407e487c6879a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7423,7 +7423,26 @@ static int lock_extent_direct(struct inode *inode, u64 lockstart, u64 lockend,
 				     cached_state, GFP_NOFS);
 
 		if (ordered) {
-			btrfs_start_ordered_extent(inode, ordered, 1);
+			/*
+			 * If we are doing a DIO read and the ordered extent we
+			 * found is for a buffered write, we can not wait for it
+			 * to complete and retry, because if we do so we can
+			 * deadlock with concurrent buffered writes on page
+			 * locks. This happens only if our DIO read covers more
+			 * than one extent map, if at this point has already
+			 * created an ordered extent for a previous extent map
+			 * and locked its range in the inode's io tree, and a
+			 * concurrent write against that previous extent map's
+			 * range and this range started (we unlock the ranges
+			 * in the io tree only when the bios complete and
+			 * buffered writes always lock pages before attempting
+			 * to lock range in the io tree).
+			 */
+			if (writing ||
+			    test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_DIRECT, &ordered->flags))
+				btrfs_start_ordered_extent(inode, ordered, 1);
+			else
+				ret = -ENOTBLK;
 			btrfs_put_ordered_extent(ordered);
 		} else {
 			/*
@@ -7440,9 +7459,11 @@ static int lock_extent_direct(struct inode *inode, u64 lockstart, u64 lockend,
 			 * that page.
 			 */
 			ret = -ENOTBLK;
-			break;
 		}
 
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
 		cond_resched();
 	}