diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 78f6254ac2d9ac7d1228c136087da2e695efdc9a..6d9ec285644d285a00ab9e581c7e63843edd4beb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * the running transaction open, so a full commit can't hop
 	 * in and cause problems either.
 	 */
-	write_ctree_super(trans, root->fs_info->tree_root, 2);
+	write_ctree_super(trans, root->fs_info->tree_root, 1);
 	ret = 0;
 
 out_wake_log_root: