diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 786639f..310ab22 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2013,10 +2013,10 @@
 	/* wait for previous tree log sync to complete */
 	if (atomic_read(&root->log_commit[(index1 + 1) % 2]))
 		wait_log_commit(trans, root, root->log_transid - 1);
-
 	while (1) {
 		unsigned long batch = root->log_batch;
-		if (root->log_multiple_pids) {
+		/* when we're on an ssd, just kick the log commit out */
+		if (!btrfs_test_opt(root, SSD) && root->log_multiple_pids) {
 			mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
 			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 			mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex);