diff --git a/fs/btrfs/reada.c b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
index b40dbf717737689248b8cdaa40264547a817e03b..f7642e569bd98f814950b7feda0466ce5b867440 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/reada.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ static int reada_start_machine_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	}
 	logical = re->logical;
 
-	reada_extent_put(fs_info, re);
-
 	atomic_inc(&dev->reada_in_flight);
 	ret = reada_tree_block_flagged(fs_info->extent_root, logical,
 			mirror_num, &eb);
@@ -730,6 +728,8 @@ static int reada_start_machine_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (eb)
 		free_extent_buffer(eb);
 
+	reada_extent_put(fs_info, re);
+
 	return 1;
 
 }