diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c989fe6..04066c2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7469,7 +7469,7 @@
 	} else {
 		free_extent_buffer(root->node);
 		free_extent_buffer(root->commit_root);
-		kfree(root);
+		btrfs_put_fs_root(root);
 	}
 out_end_trans:
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, tree_root);