diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index e0290303bb35aef956a90edd7144c0d8343aed0f..fd3e8280b549ea3b4f3602fd2494ba445fd5856e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -6630,13 +6630,13 @@ int btrfs_read_sys_array(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		sb_array_offset += len;
 		cur_offset += len;
 	}
-	free_extent_buffer(sb);
+	free_extent_buffer_stale(sb);
 	return ret;
 
 out_short_read:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "BTRFS: sys_array too short to read %u bytes at offset %u\n",
 			len, cur_offset);
-	free_extent_buffer(sb);
+	free_extent_buffer_stale(sb);
 	return -EIO;
 }