diff --git a/fs/btrfs/discard.c b/fs/btrfs/discard.c
index 5615320fa659f31835f9415d0208a15b80404b0b..741c7e19c32f2cb3116f9507ed3cc307b1fb5af3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/discard.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/discard.c
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ void btrfs_discard_punt_unused_bgs_list(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(block_group, next, &fs_info->unused_bgs,
 				 bg_list) {
 		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
+		btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
 		btrfs_discard_queue_work(&fs_info->discard_ctl, block_group);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);