diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 536fc4cb8fcc..d7f3d2197fa1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ out:
 			free_backref_node(cache, lower);
 		}
 
-		free_backref_node(cache, node);
+		remove_backref_node(cache, node);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 	ASSERT(!node || !node->detached);