diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index c09d4213ad89..479c0e037015 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -536,8 +536,10 @@ static int scrub_print_warning_inode(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 num_bytes,
 	}
 	ret = paths_from_inode(inum, ipath);
 
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		btrfs_put_root(local_root);
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * we deliberately ignore the bit ipath might have been too small to