diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index cf38a1b031fa..88e5aa3fbb07 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -782,10 +782,10 @@ void bch_btree_cache_free(struct cache_set *c)
 	while (!list_empty(&c->btree_cache)) {
 		b = list_first_entry(&c->btree_cache, struct btree, list);
 
-		if (btree_node_dirty(b))
+		if (btree_node_dirty(b)) {
 			btree_complete_write(b, btree_current_write(b));
-		clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &b->flags);
-
+			clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &b->flags);
+		}
 		mca_data_free(b);
 	}
 
@@ -1073,9 +1073,10 @@ static void btree_node_free(struct btree *b)
 
 	mutex_lock(&b->write_lock);
 
-	if (btree_node_dirty(b))
+	if (btree_node_dirty(b)) {
 		btree_complete_write(b, btree_current_write(b));
-	clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &b->flags);
+		clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &b->flags);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&b->write_lock);