diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index d86ada9c3c54..8bfc0f348ad5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ out:
 static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 			  struct btrfs_free_space *info, bool update_stat)
 {
-	struct btrfs_free_space *left_info;
+	struct btrfs_free_space *left_info = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_free_space *right_info;
 	bool merged = false;
 	u64 offset = info->offset;
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	if (right_info && rb_prev(&right_info->offset_index))
 		left_info = rb_entry(rb_prev(&right_info->offset_index),
 				     struct btrfs_free_space, offset_index);
-	else
+	else if (!right_info)
 		left_info = tree_search_offset(ctl, offset - 1, 0, 0);
 
 	if (right_info && !right_info->bitmap) {