diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index e9c74ce..96039dd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -5009,8 +5009,11 @@
 			uptodate = 0;
 
 		/*
-		 * see below about how we avoid a nasty race with release page
-		 * and why we unlock later
+		 * We can't unlock the pages just yet since the extent buffer
+		 * hasn't been properly inserted in the radix tree, this
+		 * opens a race with btree_releasepage which can free a page
+		 * while we are still filling in all pages for the buffer and
+		 * we could crash.
 		 */
 	}
 	if (uptodate)
@@ -5039,13 +5042,9 @@
 	set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_IN_TREE, &eb->bflags);
 
 	/*
-	 * there is a race where release page may have
-	 * tried to find this extent buffer in the radix
-	 * but failed.  It will tell the VM it is safe to
-	 * reclaim the, and it will clear the page private bit.
-	 * We must make sure to set the page private bit properly
-	 * after the extent buffer is in the radix tree so
-	 * it doesn't get lost
+	 * Now it's safe to unlock the pages because any calls to
+	 * btree_releasepage will correctly detect that a page belongs to a
+	 * live buffer and won't free them prematurely.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
 		unlock_page(eb->pages[i]);