diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 31d19344427a..46476c226395 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1652,10 +1652,6 @@ static int qgroup_update_counters(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* For exclusive extent, free its reserved bytes too */
-		if (nr_old_roots == 0 && nr_new_roots == 1 &&
-		    cur_new_count == nr_new_roots)
-			qg->reserved -= num_bytes;
 		if (dirty)
 			qgroup_dirty(fs_info, qg);
 	}