diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 50ceb273f9dad60268609a542a3f5edfbafc832a..7fd4458cf0a78161c01c0ab7033d96272b370e68 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9510,6 +9510,9 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 		goto out_notrans;
 	}
 
+	if (dest != root)
+		btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to find a free sequence number both in the source and
 	 * in the destination directory for the exchange.