diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
index be94030e1dfbf34a356326c4812206be711073f3..138afa955370bc6dd651cd7c2ada6388a6a2f7f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_map.c
@@ -763,7 +763,13 @@ void btrfs_drop_extent_map_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 			goto next;
 		}
 
+		flags = em->flags;
 		clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_PINNED, &em->flags);
+		/*
+		 * In case we split the extent map, we want to preserve the
+		 * EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING flag on our extent map, but we don't want
+		 * it on the new extent maps.
+		 */
 		clear_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING, &flags);
 		modified = !list_empty(&em->list);
 
@@ -774,7 +780,6 @@ void btrfs_drop_extent_map_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 		if (em->start >= start && em_end <= end)
 			goto remove_em;
 
-		flags = em->flags;
 		gen = em->generation;
 		compressed = test_bit(EXTENT_FLAG_COMPRESSED, &em->flags);