diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 6511cb71986c..b623e9f3b4c4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -783,15 +783,16 @@ static int __load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 			}
 			spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 			ret = link_free_space(ctl, e);
-			ctl->total_bitmaps++;
-			ctl->op->recalc_thresholds(ctl);
-			spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 			if (ret) {
+				spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 				btrfs_err(fs_info,
 					"Duplicate entries in free space cache, dumping");
 				kmem_cache_free(btrfs_free_space_cachep, e);
 				goto free_cache;
 			}
+			ctl->total_bitmaps++;
+			ctl->op->recalc_thresholds(ctl);
+			spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 			list_add_tail(&e->list, &bitmaps);
 		}