diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 9936421..a54f9b5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void add_root_to_dirty_list(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DIRTY, &root->state)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "dirtying root %llu\n", root->objectid);
 		/* Want the extent tree to be the last on the list */
 		if (root->objectid == BTRFS_EXTENT_TREE_OBJECTID)
 			list_move_tail(&root->dirty_list,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index b7f0502..2488a35 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5369,6 +5369,8 @@ static int update_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		spin_lock(&trans->transaction->dirty_bgs_lock);
 		if (list_empty(&cache->dirty_list)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "dirtying bg %llu\n",
+			       cache->key.objectid);
 			list_add_tail(&cache->dirty_list,
 				      &trans->transaction->dirty_bgs);
 			btrfs_get_block_group(cache);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index e1a96af..ec50d17 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,10 @@ static int update_cowonly_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	old_root_used = btrfs_root_used(&root->root_item);
 
+	printk(KERN_ERR "writing root %llu, dirty cowonly roots empty %d, "
+	       "dirty bgs empty %d\n", root->objectid,
+	       list_empty(&fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots),
+	       list_empty(&trans->transaction->dirty_bgs));
 	while (1) {
 		old_root_bytenr = btrfs_root_bytenr(&root->root_item);
 
@@ -1050,6 +1054,7 @@ static int update_cowonly_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		old_root_used = btrfs_root_used(&root->root_item);
 		if (list_empty(&fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "writing dirty block groups\n");
 			ret = btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans, root);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
@@ -1123,6 +1128,7 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	printk(KERN_ERR "done writy dirty cowonly roots\n");
 	list_add_tail(&fs_info->extent_root->dirty_list,
 		      &trans->transaction->switch_commits);
 	btrfs_after_dev_replace_commit(fs_info);
@@ -2000,6 +2006,14 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	switch_commit_roots(cur_trans, root->fs_info);
 
 	assert_qgroups_uptodate(trans);
+	if (!list_empty(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs)) {
+		struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
+
+		cache = list_first_entry(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs,
+					 struct btrfs_block_group_cache,
+					 bg_list);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "bg %llu still dirty\n", cache->key.objectid);
+	}
 	ASSERT(list_empty(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs));
 	update_super_roots(root);