diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index cfa7d47b1ba0..798f58e7338e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
-	struct btrfs_root_item root_item;
+	struct btrfs_root_item *root_item;
 	struct btrfs_inode_item *inode_item;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
@@ -455,16 +455,22 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 	u64 qgroup_reserved;
 	uuid_le new_uuid;
 
+	root_item = kzalloc(sizeof(*root_item), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!root_item)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = btrfs_find_free_objectid(root->fs_info->tree_root, &objectid);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto fail_free;
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't create subvolume whose level is not zero. Or qgroup will be
 	 * screwed up since it assume subvolme qgroup's level to be 0.
 	 */
-	if (btrfs_qgroup_level(objectid))
-		return -ENOSPC;
+	if (btrfs_qgroup_level(objectid)) {
+		ret = -ENOSPC;
+		goto fail_free;
+	}
 
 	btrfs_init_block_rsv(&block_rsv, BTRFS_BLOCK_RSV_TEMP);
 	/*
@@ -474,14 +480,14 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 	ret = btrfs_subvolume_reserve_metadata(root, &block_rsv,
 					       8, &qgroup_reserved, false);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto fail_free;
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		btrfs_subvolume_release_metadata(root, &block_rsv,
 						 qgroup_reserved);
-		return ret;
+		goto fail_free;
 	}
 	trans->block_rsv = &block_rsv;
 	trans->bytes_reserved = block_rsv.size;
@@ -509,47 +515,45 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 			    BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 
-	memset(&root_item, 0, sizeof(root_item));
-
-	inode_item = &root_item.inode;
+	inode_item = &root_item->inode;
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_generation(inode_item, 1);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_size(inode_item, 3);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nlink(inode_item, 1);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nbytes(inode_item, root->nodesize);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_mode(inode_item, S_IFDIR | 0755);
 
-	btrfs_set_root_flags(&root_item, 0);
-	btrfs_set_root_limit(&root_item, 0);
+	btrfs_set_root_flags(root_item, 0);
+	btrfs_set_root_limit(root_item, 0);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_flags(inode_item, BTRFS_INODE_ROOT_ITEM_INIT);
 
-	btrfs_set_root_bytenr(&root_item, leaf->start);
-	btrfs_set_root_generation(&root_item, trans->transid);
-	btrfs_set_root_level(&root_item, 0);
-	btrfs_set_root_refs(&root_item, 1);
-	btrfs_set_root_used(&root_item, leaf->len);
-	btrfs_set_root_last_snapshot(&root_item, 0);
+	btrfs_set_root_bytenr(root_item, leaf->start);
+	btrfs_set_root_generation(root_item, trans->transid);
+	btrfs_set_root_level(root_item, 0);
+	btrfs_set_root_refs(root_item, 1);
+	btrfs_set_root_used(root_item, leaf->len);
+	btrfs_set_root_last_snapshot(root_item, 0);
 
-	btrfs_set_root_generation_v2(&root_item,
-			btrfs_root_generation(&root_item));
+	btrfs_set_root_generation_v2(root_item,
+			btrfs_root_generation(root_item));
 	uuid_le_gen(&new_uuid);
-	memcpy(root_item.uuid, new_uuid.b, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
-	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(&root_item.otime, cur_time.tv_sec);
-	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(&root_item.otime, cur_time.tv_nsec);
-	root_item.ctime = root_item.otime;
-	btrfs_set_root_ctransid(&root_item, trans->transid);
-	btrfs_set_root_otransid(&root_item, trans->transid);
+	memcpy(root_item->uuid, new_uuid.b, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(&root_item->otime, cur_time.tv_sec);
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(&root_item->otime, cur_time.tv_nsec);
+	root_item->ctime = root_item->otime;
+	btrfs_set_root_ctransid(root_item, trans->transid);
+	btrfs_set_root_otransid(root_item, trans->transid);
 
 	btrfs_tree_unlock(leaf);
 	free_extent_buffer(leaf);
 	leaf = NULL;
 
-	btrfs_set_root_dirid(&root_item, new_dirid);
+	btrfs_set_root_dirid(root_item, new_dirid);
 
 	key.objectid = objectid;
 	key.offset = 0;
 	key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;
 	ret = btrfs_insert_root(trans, root->fs_info->tree_root, &key,
-				&root_item);
+				root_item);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -601,12 +605,13 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	ret = btrfs_uuid_tree_add(trans, root->fs_info->uuid_root,
-				  root_item.uuid, BTRFS_UUID_KEY_SUBVOL,
+				  root_item->uuid, BTRFS_UUID_KEY_SUBVOL,
 				  objectid);
 	if (ret)
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 
 fail:
+	kfree(root_item);
 	trans->block_rsv = NULL;
 	trans->bytes_reserved = 0;
 	btrfs_subvolume_release_metadata(root, &block_rsv, qgroup_reserved);
@@ -629,6 +634,10 @@ fail:
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	return ret;
+
+fail_free:
+	kfree(root_item);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void btrfs_wait_for_no_snapshoting_writes(struct btrfs_root *root)