diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 2e69e67a6ae9a6433c0411754d04ff0d5793cda5..34078f302538d4ed1bbac59a7903758d5eacd00b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9141,11 +9141,13 @@ static noinline int walk_up_proc(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			else
 				ret = btrfs_dec_ref(trans, root, eb, 0);
 			BUG_ON(ret); /* -ENOMEM */
-			ret = btrfs_qgroup_trace_leaf_items(trans, eb);
-			if (ret) {
-				btrfs_err_rl(fs_info,
-					     "error %d accounting leaf items. Quota is out of sync, rescan required.",
+			if (is_fstree(root->root_key.objectid)) {
+				ret = btrfs_qgroup_trace_leaf_items(trans, eb);
+				if (ret) {
+					btrfs_err_rl(fs_info,
+	"error %d accounting leaf items, quota is out of sync, rescan required",
 					     ret);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		/* make block locked assertion in btrfs_clean_tree_block happy */