1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c
index 3f10198f00b7..2cc3798672f7 100644
--- a/lib/xarray.c
+++ b/lib/xarray.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ void *xas_store(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry)
                  * entry is set to NULL.
                  */
                 rcu_assign_pointer(*slot, entry);
-                if (xa_is_node(next))
+                if (xa_is_node(next) && (!node || node->shift))
                         xas_free_nodes(xas, xa_to_node(next));
                 if (!node)
                         break;