diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a2df4690b000d852efdb680d6f75510f36d407dd..509112da6118de97476f381e4d691f66812b75a4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -700,8 +700,12 @@ static noinline int submit_compressed_extents(struct inode *inode,
 			async_extent->nr_pages = 0;
 			async_extent->pages = NULL;
 
-			if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+			if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+				unlock_extent(io_tree, async_extent->start,
+					      async_extent->start +
+					      async_extent->ram_size - 1);
 				goto retry;
+			}
 			goto out_free;
 		}