diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index c0dce99c2c14..6dc376a16cf2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -5676,7 +5676,7 @@ static int log_new_dir_dentries(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				goto next_dir_inode;
 			}
 
-			if (btrfs_inode_in_log(BTRFS_I(di_inode), trans->transid)) {
+			if (!need_log_inode(trans, BTRFS_I(di_inode))) {
 				btrfs_add_delayed_iput(di_inode);
 				break;
 			}