diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index fa55d868ecd8..f7fcff7dca8f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -4584,7 +4584,7 @@ static void check_removing_space_info(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
 		for (int i = 0; i < BTRFS_SPACE_INFO_SUB_GROUP_MAX; i++) {
 			if (space_info->sub_group[i]) {
 				check_removing_space_info(space_info->sub_group[i]);
-				kfree(space_info->sub_group[i]);
+				btrfs_sysfs_remove_space_info(space_info->sub_group[i]);
 				space_info->sub_group[i] = NULL;
 			}
 		}