diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 4eb7d2ba38f877b7b82a47ddad5976d47c12315b..6cfcc9060c837a3f718cdc371b89ea547d2d531b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7312,7 +7312,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = lookup_free_space_inode(root, block_group, path);
+	inode = lookup_free_space_inode(tree_root, block_group, path);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		ret = btrfs_orphan_add(trans, inode);
 		BUG_ON(ret);