1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index cf0df904347f..a383c18e74e8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ again:
                         }
                         ret = __add_delayed_refs(head, delayed_ref_seq,
                                                  &prefs_delayed);
+                        mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
                         if (ret) {
                                 spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
                                 goto out;
@@ -932,8 +933,6 @@ again:
         }
 
 out:
-        if (head)
-                mutex_unlock(&head->mutex);
         btrfs_free_path(path);
         while (!list_empty(&prefs)) {
                 ref = list_first_entry(&prefs, struct __prelim_ref, list);