diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 4eb4d2748bec..8603ee4e3dfd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ out_free:
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 out:
 	spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret && dcs == BTRFS_DC_SETUP)
 		block_group->cache_generation = trans->transid;
 	block_group->disk_cache_state = dcs;
 	spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);