diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 335605c8ceab..00deed4ef3ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1028,9 +1028,10 @@ static int btrfs_delete_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev);
 		ret = 0;
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
-		if (curr)
+		if (curr) {
+			mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
 			goto do_again;
-		else
+		} else
 			goto delete_fail;
 	}