diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a429704dd95f..e814b1312511 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7523,6 +7523,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		while (1) {
 			btrfs_tree_lock(path->nodes[level]);
 			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(path->nodes[level]);
+			path->locks[level] = BTRFS_WRITE_LOCK_BLOCKING;
 
 			ret = btrfs_lookup_extent_info(trans, root,
 						path->nodes[level]->start,
@@ -7538,6 +7539,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				break;
 
 			btrfs_tree_unlock(path->nodes[level]);
+			path->locks[level] = 0;
 			WARN_ON(wc->refs[level] != 1);
 			level--;
 		}