diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 7c040f22dbc3..116d882eecfe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -9006,6 +9006,7 @@ static int relocating_repair_kthread(void *data)
 bool btrfs_repair_one_zone(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical)
 {
 	struct btrfs_block_group *cache;
+	struct task_struct *task;
 
 	if (!btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info))
 		return false;
@@ -9023,8 +9024,9 @@ bool btrfs_repair_one_zone(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	kthread_run(relocating_repair_kthread, cache,
-		    "btrfs-relocating-repair");
+	task = kthread_run(relocating_repair_kthread, cache, "btrfs-relocating-repair");
+	if (IS_ERR(task))
+		btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
 
 	return true;
 }