diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index fedede1fe178b46f087ae7ad9a00346cc997dc19..c4a1531c52d8ac5870270f3a1df6b30a73fa1652 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -626,14 +626,13 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	btrfs_trans_release_metadata(trans, root);
 	trans->block_rsv = NULL;
-	/*
-	 * the same root has to be passed to start_transaction and
-	 * end_transaction. Subvolume quota depends on this.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON(trans->root != root);
 
 	if (trans->qgroup_reserved) {
-		btrfs_qgroup_free(root, trans->qgroup_reserved);
+		/*
+		 * the same root has to be passed here between start_transaction
+		 * and end_transaction. Subvolume quota depends on this.
+		 */
+		btrfs_qgroup_free(trans->root, trans->qgroup_reserved);
 		trans->qgroup_reserved = 0;
 	}