diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index ca33f10b1112..110e63d6727d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2879,6 +2879,8 @@ static noinline int walk_up_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						     path->nodes[*level]->len);
 					if (ret)
 						return ret;
+					btrfs_redirty_list_add(trans->transaction,
+							       next);
 				} else {
 					if (test_and_clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_DIRTY, &next->bflags))
 						clear_extent_buffer_dirty(next);
@@ -2959,6 +2961,7 @@ static int walk_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						next->start, next->len);
 				if (ret)
 					goto out;
+				btrfs_redirty_list_add(trans->transaction, next);
 			} else {
 				if (test_and_clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_DIRTY, &next->bflags))
 					clear_extent_buffer_dirty(next);
@@ -3412,8 +3415,6 @@ static void free_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_NEW | EXTENT_NEED_WAIT);
 	extent_io_tree_release(&log->log_csum_range);
 
-	if (trans && log->node)
-		btrfs_redirty_list_add(trans->transaction, log->node);
 	btrfs_put_root(log);
 }