diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index fc3da7585fb786..0ab456cb4bf801 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4859,6 +4859,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *btrfs_alloc_tree_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 out_free_delayed:
 	btrfs_free_delayed_extent_op(extent_op);
 out_free_buf:
+	btrfs_tree_unlock(buf);
 	free_extent_buffer(buf);
 out_free_reserved:
 	btrfs_free_reserved_extent(fs_info, ins.objectid, ins.offset, 0);