diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 88e5aa3fbb07..846306c3a887 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -659,6 +659,11 @@ static int mca_reap(struct btree *b, unsigned int min_order, bool flush)
 		up(&b->io_mutex);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * BTREE_NODE_dirty might be cleared in btree_flush_btree() by
+	 * __bch_btree_node_write(). To avoid an extra flush, acquire
+	 * b->write_lock before checking BTREE_NODE_dirty bit.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&b->write_lock);
 	if (btree_node_dirty(b))
 		__bch_btree_node_write(b, &cl);
@@ -782,6 +787,11 @@ void bch_btree_cache_free(struct cache_set *c)
 	while (!list_empty(&c->btree_cache)) {
 		b = list_first_entry(&c->btree_cache, struct btree, list);
 
+		/*
+		 * This function is called by cache_set_free(), no I/O
+		 * request on cache now, it is unnecessary to acquire
+		 * b->write_lock before clearing BTREE_NODE_dirty anymore.
+		 */
 		if (btree_node_dirty(b)) {
 			btree_complete_write(b, btree_current_write(b));
 			clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &b->flags);