--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c @@ -10142,6 +10142,10 @@ out_fail: ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode)->root, &ctx); if (ret) commit_transaction = true; + } else if (sync_log) { + mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex); + list_del(&ctx.list); + mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex); } if (commit_transaction) { ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);