diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index 6eb00eb65d762140708e3caf3594e9ef93abc7ca..62ff545ba1f7146536b33e972fdb1e935e84df14 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -730,27 +730,33 @@ int btrfs_add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (!ref)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	head_ref = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_delayed_ref_head_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!head_ref) {
+		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_tree_ref_cachep, ref);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags) &&
+	    is_fstree(ref_root)) {
+		record = kmalloc(sizeof(*record), GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!record) {
+			kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_tree_ref_cachep, ref);
+			kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_ref_head_cachep, head_ref);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (parent)
 		ref_type = BTRFS_SHARED_BLOCK_REF_KEY;
 	else
 		ref_type = BTRFS_TREE_BLOCK_REF_KEY;
+
 	init_delayed_ref_common(fs_info, &ref->node, bytenr, num_bytes,
 				ref_root, action, ref_type);
 	ref->root = ref_root;
 	ref->parent = parent;
 	ref->level = level;
 
-	head_ref = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_delayed_ref_head_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!head_ref)
-		goto free_ref;
-
-	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags) &&
-	    is_fstree(ref_root)) {
-		record = kmalloc(sizeof(*record), GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!record)
-			goto free_head_ref;
-	}
-
 	init_delayed_ref_head(head_ref, record, bytenr, num_bytes,
 			      ref_root, 0, action, false, is_system);
 	head_ref->extent_op = extent_op;
@@ -779,13 +785,6 @@ int btrfs_add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_qgroup_trace_extent_post(fs_info, record);
 
 	return 0;
-
-free_head_ref:
-	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_ref_head_cachep, head_ref);
-free_ref:
-	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_delayed_tree_ref_cachep, ref);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 /*