diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index fb2e2bd506c89a61d5586215f1da01319fad7907..cf32651876bf970abb78bb963ff3f8b522eb7554 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -2443,13 +2443,16 @@ int btrfs_insert_empty_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 
 	ret = 0;
-	if (slot == 0)
+	if (slot == 0) {
+		btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, cpu_key);
 		ret = fixup_low_keys(trans, root, path, &disk_key, 1);
+	}
 
 	if (btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) < 0) {
 		btrfs_print_leaf(root, leaf);
 		BUG();
 	}
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 }