diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index fb85bc8b345c..9447d009a9a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ void merge_reloc_roots(struct reloc_control *rc)
 				 * corruption, e.g. bad reloc tree key offset.
 				 */
 				ret = -EINVAL;
+				btrfs_put_root(root);
 				goto out;
 			}
 			ret = merge_reloc_root(rc, root);