diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index a2eba8bc4336..a9e82e062bd5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2088,10 +2088,10 @@ static int btrfs_replay_log(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	/* returns with log_tree_root freed on success */
 	ret = btrfs_recover_log_trees(log_tree_root);
+	btrfs_put_root(log_tree_root);
 	if (ret) {
 		btrfs_handle_fs_error(fs_info, ret,
 				      "Failed to recover log tree");
-		btrfs_put_root(log_tree_root);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index ab2f6bab096b..4d34aee0cafa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -7586,7 +7586,6 @@ int btrfs_recover_log_trees(struct btrfs_root *log_root_tree)
 		return ret;
 
 	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_LOG_RECOVERING, &fs_info->flags);
-	btrfs_put_root(log_root_tree);
 
 	return 0;
 error: