diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 536fc4cb8fcc0ed0d80e8431f2f398b92ecb6a16..d7f3d2197fa15891e09b789abbc5bc7c1cdee52c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ struct backref_node *build_backref_tree(struct reloc_control *rc,
 			free_backref_node(cache, lower);
 		}
 
-		free_backref_node(cache, node);
+		remove_backref_node(cache, node);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 	ASSERT(!node || !node->detached);