diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 8bd9d6d0e07ae97cc2060cb0695468635b422a7e..969a7747e88981ece48796452e3cfe46b607f0bd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -861,7 +861,6 @@ static struct dentry *mount_subvol(const char *subvol_name, int flags,
 
 	if (!is_subvolume_inode(path.dentry->d_inode)) {
 		path_put(&path);
-		mntput(mnt);
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: '%s' is not a valid subvolume\n",
 				subvol_name);