diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a68a4acd16e51aac6e3633f7753ee66884b86069..44a152d8f32f05e6ae62f8b7604e1480c61637b6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5281,7 +5281,7 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	trace_btrfs_inode_evict(inode);
 
 	if (!root) {
-		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
+		clear_inode(inode);
 		return;
 	}