ret = bch2_btree_node_get(c, iter, &tmp.k, level,
                                  SIX_LOCK_intent);
 
-       if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ret) == -EINTR &&
-           !(iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK)) {
+       if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ret) == -EINTR && !trans->nounlock) {
                struct btree_iter *linked;
 
                if (!bch2_btree_node_relock(iter, level + 1))
 
                 */
                if (type == SIX_LOCK_intent &&
                    linked->nodes_locked != linked->nodes_intent_locked) {
-                       if (!(iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK)) {
+                       if (!(iter->trans->nounlock)) {
                                linked->locks_want = max_t(unsigned,
                                                linked->locks_want,
                                                __fls(linked->nodes_locked) + 1);
                 */
                if (linked->btree_id == iter->btree_id &&
                    level > __fls(linked->nodes_locked)) {
-                       if (!(iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK)) {
+                       if (!(iter->trans->nounlock)) {
                                linked->locks_want =
                                        max(level + 1, max_t(unsigned,
                                            linked->locks_want,
 {
        unsigned l;
 
-       BUG_ON((iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK) &&
-              !btree_node_locked(iter, 0));
-
        for (l = 0; btree_iter_node(iter, l); l++) {
                if (iter->uptodate >= BTREE_ITER_NEED_RELOCK &&
                    !btree_node_locked(iter, l))
 
        new_locks_want = min(new_locks_want, BTREE_MAX_DEPTH);
 
        return iter->locks_want < new_locks_want
-               ? (!(iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK)
+               ? (!iter->trans->nounlock
                   ? __bch2_btree_iter_upgrade(iter, new_locks_want)
                   : __bch2_btree_iter_upgrade_nounlock(iter, new_locks_want))
                : iter->uptodate <= BTREE_ITER_NEED_PEEK;
 
 
 static inline void btree_node_unlock(struct btree_iter *iter, unsigned level)
 {
-       BUG_ON(!level && iter->flags & BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK);
+       EBUG_ON(!level && iter->trans->nounlock);
 
        __btree_node_unlock(iter, level);
 }
 
  */
 #define BTREE_ITER_IS_EXTENTS          (1 << 4)
 #define BTREE_ITER_ERROR               (1 << 5)
-#define BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK            (1 << 6)
 
 enum btree_iter_uptodate {
        BTREE_ITER_UPTODATE             = 0,
        u8                      size;
        unsigned                used_mempool:1;
        unsigned                error:1;
+       unsigned                nounlock:1;
 
        unsigned                mem_top;
        unsigned                mem_bytes;
 
        struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
        struct bch_fs_usage_online *fs_usage = NULL;
        struct btree_insert_entry *i;
-       struct btree_iter *linked;
        int ret;
 
        if (likely(!(trans->flags & BTREE_INSERT_NO_CLEAR_REPLICAS))) {
                                i->k->k.version = MAX_VERSION;
        }
 
-       if (trans->flags & BTREE_INSERT_NOUNLOCK) {
-               /*
-                * linked iterators that weren't being updated may or may not
-                * have been traversed/locked, depending on what the caller was
-                * doing:
-                */
-               trans_for_each_iter(trans, linked)
-                       if (linked->uptodate < BTREE_ITER_NEED_RELOCK)
-                               linked->flags |= BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK;
-       }
-
        trans_for_each_update_iter(trans, i)
                if (update_has_triggers(trans, i) &&
                    !update_triggers_transactional(trans, i))
 {
        struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
        struct btree_insert_entry *i;
-       struct btree_iter *linked;
        int ret;
 
        trans_for_each_update_iter(trans, i) {
        if (unlikely(ret))
                goto err;
 
+       if (trans->flags & BTREE_INSERT_NOUNLOCK)
+               trans->nounlock = true;
+
        trans_for_each_update_leaf(trans, i)
                bch2_foreground_maybe_merge(c, i->iter, 0, trans->flags);
 
+       trans->nounlock = false;
+
        trans_for_each_update_iter(trans, i)
                bch2_btree_iter_downgrade(i->iter);
 err:
        /* make sure we didn't drop or screw up locks: */
        bch2_btree_trans_verify_locks(trans);
 
-       trans_for_each_iter(trans, linked)
-               linked->flags &= ~BTREE_ITER_NOUNLOCK;
-
        return ret;
 }