diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index eacc020b1419..95afe5ef7500 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,9 @@ __btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, node->root);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	ret = btrfs_update_delayed_inode(trans, node->root, path, node);
 	return ret;
 }