diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 0037427d8a9d..13575de85543 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ struct inode *lookup_free_space_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
 
+	inode->i_mapping->flags &= ~__GFP_FS;
+
 	spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 	if (!root->fs_info->closing) {
 		block_group->inode = igrab(inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 1ca3e68586cf..57a03f6eb224 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2535,8 +2535,6 @@ static void btrfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->flags = btrfs_inode_flags(leaf, inode_item);
 
 	alloc_group_block = btrfs_inode_block_group(leaf, inode_item);
-	if (location.objectid == BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_OBJECTID)
-		inode->i_mapping->flags &= ~__GFP_FS;
 
 	/*
 	 * try to precache a NULL acl entry for files that don't have