1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index dbb51ea7a13c..883c6fa1367e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -685,9 +685,9 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
                 mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
                 if (IS_ERR(new_root)) {
+                        dput(root);
                         deactivate_locked_super(s);
                         error = PTR_ERR(new_root);
-                        dput(root);
                         goto error_free_subvol_name;
                 }
                 if (!new_root->d_inode) {