diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c b/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
index cd2a5864e103cabed50efdc03ba50ebe100c7a5b..440236f44636982629b16aedf690987d8e7a216a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ int btrfs_ref_tree_mod(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes,
 "dropping a ref for a existing root that doesn't have a ref on the block");
 				dump_block_entry(fs_info, be);
 				dump_ref_action(fs_info, ra);
+				rb_erase(&ref->node, &be->refs);
 				kfree(ra);
 				goto out_unlock;
 			}