diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
index 2849d3fa3d0b..91c68913d495 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -4376,7 +4376,7 @@ xfs_btree_visit_blocks(
 			xfs_btree_readahead_ptr(cur, ptr, 1);
 
 			/* save for the next iteration of the loop */
-			lptr = *ptr;
+			xfs_btree_copy_ptrs(cur, &lptr, ptr, 1);
 		}
 
 		/* for each buffer in the level */