diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b8c131b829787f03786d643eae33d1c03cfba57e..7e56a203c109d07cd0d351d026ad686c7995b5ef 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4137,7 +4137,6 @@ static int btrfs_unlink_subvol(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		leaf = path->nodes[0];
 		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, path->slots[0]);
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		index = key.offset;
 	}
 	btrfs_release_path(path);