diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 271e70c45d5b..ec3aa76d19b7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10286,7 +10286,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_put_group;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -10323,7 +10323,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		ret = btrfs_orphan_add(trans, BTRFS_I(inode));
 		if (ret) {
 			btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
-			goto out_put_group;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		clear_nlink(inode);
 		/* One for the block groups ref */
@@ -10346,13 +10346,13 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, tree_root, &key, path, -1, 1);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_put_group;
+		goto out;
 	if (ret > 0)
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, tree_root, path);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out_put_group;
+			goto out;
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 	}
 
@@ -10361,6 +10361,9 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 &fs_info->block_group_cache_tree);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&block_group->cache_node);
 
+	/* Once for the block groups rbtree */
+	btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
+
 	if (fs_info->first_logical_byte == block_group->key.objectid)
 		fs_info->first_logical_byte = (u64)-1;
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->block_group_cache_lock);
@@ -10494,10 +10497,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	ret = remove_block_group_free_space(trans, block_group);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_put_group;
-
-	/* Once for the block groups rbtree */
-	btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
 	if (ret > 0)
@@ -10525,10 +10525,9 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		free_extent_map(em);
 	}
 
-out_put_group:
+out:
 	/* Once for the lookup reference */
 	btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
-out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }