diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 97ccc774f13d..f2ce88d65f90 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6979,10 +6979,10 @@ insert:
 	err = btrfs_add_extent_mapping(fs_info, em_tree, &em, start, len);
 	write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
 
 	trace_btrfs_get_extent(root, inode, em);
 
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	if (err) {
 		free_extent_map(em);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);