diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d67dbbd9e6edc64cef6e37416aae50e9ebc9d8a4..b2dc613ebed2c03f2bf041e81358e89f8065e303 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -995,13 +995,18 @@ void readahead_tree_block(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 bytenr)
 {
 	struct extent_buffer *buf = NULL;
 	struct inode *btree_inode = fs_info->btree_inode;
+	int ret;
 
 	buf = btrfs_find_create_tree_block(fs_info, bytenr);
 	if (IS_ERR(buf))
 		return;
-	read_extent_buffer_pages(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree,
-				 buf, WAIT_NONE, 0);
-	free_extent_buffer(buf);
+
+	ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree, buf,
+			WAIT_NONE, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		free_extent_buffer_stale(buf);
+	else
+		free_extent_buffer(buf);
 }
 
 int reada_tree_block_flagged(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 bytenr,
@@ -1021,12 +1026,12 @@ int reada_tree_block_flagged(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 bytenr,
 	ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(io_tree, buf, WAIT_PAGE_LOCK,
 				       mirror_num);
 	if (ret) {
-		free_extent_buffer(buf);
+		free_extent_buffer_stale(buf);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_CORRUPT, &buf->bflags)) {
-		free_extent_buffer(buf);
+		free_extent_buffer_stale(buf);
 		return -EIO;
 	} else if (extent_buffer_uptodate(buf)) {
 		*eb = buf;
@@ -1080,7 +1085,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *read_tree_block(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 bytenr,
 	ret = btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(fs_info, buf, parent_transid,
 					     level, first_key);
 	if (ret) {
-		free_extent_buffer(buf);
+		free_extent_buffer_stale(buf);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 	return buf;