diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 70fc4e7cc5a0..0b02e36b3055 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2087,10 +2087,10 @@ static int btrfs_replay_log(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	/* returns with log_tree_root freed on success */
 	ret = btrfs_recover_log_trees(log_tree_root);
+	btrfs_put_root(log_tree_root);
 	if (ret) {
 		btrfs_handle_fs_error(fs_info, ret,
 				      "Failed to recover log tree");
-		btrfs_put_root(log_tree_root);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 50ed84cb68a6..518cd74191e7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -7469,7 +7469,6 @@ next:
 
 	log_root_tree->log_root = NULL;
 	clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_LOG_RECOVERING, &fs_info->flags);
-	btrfs_put_root(log_root_tree);
 
 	return 0;
 error: