diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5d370bbdf82659..27293ff7174df1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,13 @@ static noinline int run_delalloc_nocow(struct inode *inode,
 			    btrfs_file_extent_encryption(leaf, fi) ||
 			    btrfs_file_extent_other_encoding(leaf, fi))
 				goto out_check;
+			/*
+			 * Do the same check as in btrfs_cross_ref_exist but
+			 * without the unnecessary search.
+			 */
+			if (btrfs_file_extent_generation(leaf, fi) <=
+			    btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item))
+				goto out_check;
 			if (extent_type == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_REG && !force)
 				goto out_check;
 			if (btrfs_extent_readonly(fs_info, disk_bytenr))
@@ -7322,6 +7329,14 @@ noinline int can_nocow_extent(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 *len,
 	    btrfs_file_extent_other_encoding(leaf, fi))
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do the same check as in btrfs_cross_ref_exist but without the
+	 * unnecessary search.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_file_extent_generation(leaf, fi) <=
+	    btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item))
+		goto out;
+
 	backref_offset = btrfs_file_extent_offset(leaf, fi);
 
 	if (orig_start) {