diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index a5bcad0278835789a251bb2e74fb43ca58b8f578..87e55b024ac2eb8191234d0ab0c14b2dfad33468 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1596,9 +1596,10 @@ static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_get_root_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	ret = btrfs_insert_fs_root(fs_info, root);
 	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_put_root(root);
-		if (ret == -EEXIST)
+		if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+			btrfs_put_root(root);
 			goto again;
+		}
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	return root;