diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 3d33c4e41e5f..23dc153cf60b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -5205,6 +5205,7 @@ process_leaf:
 			if (di_key.type == BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY)
 				continue;
 
+			btrfs_release_path(path);
 			di_inode = btrfs_iget(root->fs_info->sb, &di_key,
 					      root, NULL);
 			if (IS_ERR(di_inode)) {
@@ -5214,13 +5215,12 @@ process_leaf:
 
 			if (btrfs_inode_in_log(di_inode, trans->transid)) {
 				iput(di_inode);
-				continue;
+				break;
 			}
 
 			ctx->log_new_dentries = false;
 			if (type == BTRFS_FT_DIR || type == BTRFS_FT_SYMLINK)
 				log_mode = LOG_INODE_ALL;
-			btrfs_release_path(path);
 			ret = btrfs_log_inode(trans, root, di_inode,
 					      log_mode, 0, LLONG_MAX, ctx);
 			if (!ret &&