diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index 1871485c079d..3b9c20cf389a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static int __bch2_journal_replay_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
 		return PTR_ERR(iter);
 
 	bch2_trans_update(trans, iter, k, BTREE_TRIGGER_NORUN);
+	bch2_trans_iter_put(trans, iter);
 	return 0;
 }