diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 9619fb03a5d626251aeacdee53f77cf77eb03537..fe8a60c865ebe7107b79db2bef11cbf561f2c04b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		ip->flags &= ~(BTRFS_INODE_COMPRESS | BTRFS_INODE_NOCOMPRESS);
 	}
 
-	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		goto out_drop;