diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index d7670e2a9f39..41e610991e85 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4442,12 +4442,13 @@ int btrfs_uuid_scan_kthread(void *data)
                if (btrfs_root_refs(&root_item) == 0)
                        goto skip;

+               btrfs_release_path(path);
+
                if (!btrfs_is_empty_uuid(root_item.uuid) ||
                    !btrfs_is_empty_uuid(root_item.received_uuid)) {
                        if (trans)
                                goto update_tree;

-                       btrfs_release_path(path);
                        /*
                         * 1 - subvol uuid item
                         * 1 - received_subvol uuid item
@@ -4493,7 +4494,6 @@ int btrfs_uuid_scan_kthread(void *data)
                                break;
                }

-               btrfs_release_path(path);
                if (key.offset < (u64)-1) {
                        key.offset++;
                } else if (key.type < BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY) {