diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
index 5dc4b0c133ad..c9c7ffa9fa71 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ struct bch_fs {
 	GENRADIX(struct gc_stripe) gc_stripes;
 
 	ec_stripes_heap		ec_stripes_heap;
-	spinlock_t		ec_stripes_heap_lock;
+	struct mutex		ec_stripes_heap_lock;
 
 	/* ERASURE CODING */
 	struct list_head	ec_stripe_head_list;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
index 2e1751eeaef4..ddbf88a759f9 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
@@ -907,10 +907,10 @@ static int bch2_mark_stripe_ptr(struct btree_trans *trans,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 	if (!m || !m->alive) {
-		spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		bch_err_ratelimited(c, "pointer to nonexistent stripe %llu",
 				    (u64) p.idx);
 		bch2_inconsistent_error(c);
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int bch2_mark_stripe_ptr(struct btree_trans *trans,
 	m->block_sectors[p.block] += sectors;
 
 	r = m->r;
-	spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 	r.e.data_type = data_type;
 	update_replicas(c, k, &r.e, sectors, trans->journal_res.seq, true);
@@ -1047,9 +1047,9 @@ int bch2_mark_stripe(struct btree_trans *trans,
 		}
 
 		if (!new_s) {
-			spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+			mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 			bch2_stripes_heap_del(c, m, idx);
-			spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 			memset(m, 0, sizeof(*m));
 		} else {
@@ -1063,9 +1063,9 @@ int bch2_mark_stripe(struct btree_trans *trans,
 			for (i = 0; i < new_s->nr_blocks; i++)
 				m->blocks_nonempty += !!stripe_blockcount_get(new_s, i);
 
-			spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+			mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 			bch2_stripes_heap_update(c, m, idx);
-			spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		}
 	} else {
 		struct gc_stripe *m =
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
index 6d0a49000bef..7a6b962ae1fc 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
@@ -549,13 +549,13 @@ static int __ec_stripe_mem_alloc(struct bch_fs *c, size_t idx, gfp_t gfp)
 		if (!init_heap(&n, max(1024UL, roundup_pow_of_two(idx + 1)), gfp))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		if (n.size > h->size) {
 			memcpy(n.data, h->data, h->used * sizeof(h->data[0]));
 			n.used = h->used;
 			swap(*h, n);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 		free_heap(&n);
 	}
@@ -695,15 +695,15 @@ static void ec_stripe_delete_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	ssize_t idx;
 
 	while (1) {
-		spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		idx = stripe_idx_to_delete(c);
 		if (idx < 0) {
-			spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 			break;
 		}
 
 		bch2_stripes_heap_del(c, genradix_ptr(&c->stripes, idx), idx);
-		spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 		if (ec_stripe_delete(c, idx))
 			break;
@@ -1013,12 +1013,13 @@ static void ec_stripe_create(struct ec_stripe_new *s)
 		bch_err(c, "error creating stripe: error updating pointers: %s",
 			bch2_err_str(ret));
 
-	spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+
+	mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 	m = genradix_ptr(&c->stripes, s->new_stripe.key.k.p.offset);
 
 	BUG_ON(m->on_heap);
 	bch2_stripes_heap_insert(c, m, s->new_stripe.key.k.p.offset);
-	spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 err_put_writes:
 	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_stripe_create);
 err:
@@ -1398,7 +1399,7 @@ static s64 get_existing_stripe(struct bch_fs *c,
 	if (may_create_new_stripe(c))
 		return -1;
 
-	spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 	for (heap_idx = 0; heap_idx < h->used; heap_idx++) {
 		/* No blocks worth reusing, stripe will just be deleted: */
 		if (!h->data[heap_idx].blocks_nonempty)
@@ -1416,12 +1417,11 @@ static s64 get_existing_stripe(struct bch_fs *c,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reuse(struct bch_fs *c,
-						   struct ec_stripe_head *h)
+static int __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reuse(struct bch_fs *c, struct ec_stripe_head *h)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 	s64 idx;
@@ -1464,8 +1464,7 @@ static int __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reuse(struct bch_fs *c,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reserve(struct bch_fs *c,
-							struct ec_stripe_head *h)
+static int __bch2_ec_stripe_head_reserve(struct bch_fs *c, struct ec_stripe_head *h)
 {
 	return bch2_disk_reservation_get(c, &h->s->res,
 					 h->blocksize,
@@ -1606,9 +1605,9 @@ int bch2_stripes_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 		for (i = 0; i < s->nr_blocks; i++)
 			m->blocks_nonempty += !!stripe_blockcount_get(s, i);
 
-		spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		bch2_stripes_heap_update(c, m, k.k->p.offset);
-		spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 	}
 	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
 
@@ -1626,7 +1625,7 @@ void bch2_stripes_heap_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
 	struct stripe *m;
 	size_t i;
 
-	spin_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < min_t(size_t, h->used, 20); i++) {
 		m = genradix_ptr(&c->stripes, h->data[i].idx);
 
@@ -1635,7 +1634,7 @@ void bch2_stripes_heap_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
 		       m->nr_blocks - m->nr_redundant,
 		       m->nr_redundant);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 }
 
 void bch2_new_stripes_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index f703e41c7560..b030d0bb26e7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static struct bch_fs *bch2_fs_alloc(struct bch_sb *sb, struct bch_opts opts)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->data_progress_list);
 	mutex_init(&c->data_progress_lock);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
+	mutex_init(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 
 	seqcount_init(&c->gc_pos_lock);