diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c b/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
index c97fa7002b06..2a5c4371f6f8 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ static void bch2_read_retry_nodecode(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&sk, c, k);
 	k = bkey_i_to_s_c(sk.k);
-	bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 
 	if (!bch2_bkey_matches_ptr(c, k,
 				   rbio->pick.ptr,