diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 196ddbcd2936..81be71fb569e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4568,6 +4568,7 @@ static int btrfs_uuid_scan_kthread(void *data)
 			goto skip;
 		}
 update_tree:
+		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		if (!btrfs_is_empty_uuid(root_item.uuid)) {
 			ret = btrfs_uuid_tree_add(trans, root_item.uuid,
 						  BTRFS_UUID_KEY_SUBVOL,
@@ -4592,6 +4593,7 @@ update_tree:
 		}
 
 skip:
+		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		if (trans) {
 			ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 			trans = NULL;
@@ -4599,7 +4601,6 @@ skip:
 				break;
 		}
 
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		if (key.offset < (u64)-1) {
 			key.offset++;
 		} else if (key.type < BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY) {