diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index f94b2d8c744a..26484648d090 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ int btrfs_check_shared(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 inum, u64 bytenr)
 		if (!node)
 			break;
 		bytenr = node->val;
+		shared.share_count = 0;
 		cond_resched();
 	}