diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
index 6e860d47da4f..97d806011bfd 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@ struct btree_iter *__bch2_trans_get_iter(struct btree_trans *trans,
 			continue;
 
 		if (best &&
-		    bkey_cmp(bpos_diff(best->pos, pos),
+		    bkey_cmp(bpos_diff(best->real_pos, pos),
 			     bpos_diff(iter->real_pos, pos)) < 0)
 			continue;