diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 5470e1cdf10c..5df54f78db2b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2959,11 +2959,6 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_account_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 				ctx.roots = NULL;
 			}
 
-			/* Free the reserved data space */
-			btrfs_qgroup_free_refroot(fs_info,
-					record->data_rsv_refroot,
-					record->data_rsv,
-					BTRFS_QGROUP_RSV_DATA);
 			/*
 			 * Use BTRFS_SEQ_LAST as time_seq to do special search,
 			 * which doesn't lock tree or delayed_refs and search
@@ -2987,6 +2982,11 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_account_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 			record->old_roots = NULL;
 			new_roots = NULL;
 		}
+		/* Free the reserved data space */
+		btrfs_qgroup_free_refroot(fs_info,
+				record->data_rsv_refroot,
+				record->data_rsv,
+				BTRFS_QGROUP_RSV_DATA);
 cleanup:
 		ulist_free(record->old_roots);
 		ulist_free(new_roots);