diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 6228b69c2b9392c877d7502c4adf7f6290a0a3a1..69c4a07f5869095148d2d79d3d89baceac29faab 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(struct file *file)
 	root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans--;
 	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
 
+	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 }