diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index e935035ac034..ef9c55bc7907 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2867,6 +2867,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	if (log_root_tree->log_transid_committed >= root_log_ctx.log_transid) {
 		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+		list_del_init(&root_log_ctx.list);
 		mutex_unlock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
 		ret = root_log_ctx.log_ret;
 		goto out;