diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5766c2d19896..e3c76645cad7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9554,9 +9554,8 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx_dest, new_inode);
 
 	/* close the race window with snapshot create/destroy ioctl */
-	if (old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
-		down_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
-	if (new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
+	if (old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID ||
+	    new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		down_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
 
 	/*
@@ -9790,9 +9789,8 @@ out_fail:
 		ret = ret ? ret : ret2;
 	}
 out_notrans:
-	if (new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
-		up_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
-	if (old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
+	if (new_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID ||
+	    old_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		up_read(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
 
 	ASSERT(list_empty(&ctx_root.list));