diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index aed1f26ca2b8..f1f7dbfa6ecd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1738,9 +1738,10 @@ static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_get_root_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	ret = btrfs_insert_fs_root(fs_info, root);
 	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_put_root(root);
-		if (ret == -EEXIST)
+		if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+			btrfs_put_root(root);
 			goto again;
+		}
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	return root;