diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5ea1c392bbc7..731cd5df232c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4178,6 +4178,15 @@ static int btrfs_read_locked_inode(struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct btrfs_path
 
 	return 0;
 out:
+	/*
+	 * We may have a read locked leaf and iget_failed() triggers inode
+	 * eviction which needs to release the delayed inode and that needs
+	 * to lock the delayed inode's mutex. This can cause a ABBA deadlock
+	 * with a task running delayed items, as that require first locking
+	 * the delayed inode's mutex and then modifying its subvolume btree.
+	 * So release the path before iget_failed().
+	 */
+	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	iget_failed(vfs_inode);
 	return ret;
 }