diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e32dd4193aea..01a1b979b717 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ static int data_reloc_print_warning_inode(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 num_bytes,
 		return ret;
 	}
 	ret = paths_from_inode(inum, ipath);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		btrfs_put_root(local_root);
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We deliberately ignore the bit ipath might have been too small to