diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index cb6e8cb0de94..39a00b57ff01 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1928,8 +1928,12 @@ btrfs_qgroup_account_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	u64 nr_old_roots = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If quotas get disabled meanwhile, the resouces need to be freed and
+	 * we can't just exit here.
+	 */
 	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags))
-		return 0;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	if (new_roots) {
 		if (!maybe_fs_roots(new_roots))