diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 60ce1190307b..6c88c63f3be7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1600,14 +1600,14 @@ int btrfs_init_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 	ret = get_anon_bdev(&root->anon_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_writers;
+		goto fail;
 
 	mutex_lock(&root->objectid_mutex);
 	ret = btrfs_find_highest_objectid(root,
 					&root->highest_objectid);
 	if (ret) {
 		mutex_unlock(&root->objectid_mutex);
-		goto free_root_dev;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	ASSERT(root->highest_objectid <= BTRFS_LAST_FREE_OBJECTID);
@@ -1615,14 +1615,8 @@ int btrfs_init_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	mutex_unlock(&root->objectid_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
-
-free_root_dev:
-	free_anon_bdev(root->anon_dev);
-free_writers:
-	btrfs_free_subvolume_writers(root->subv_writers);
 fail:
-	kfree(root->free_ino_ctl);
-	kfree(root->free_ino_pinned);
+	/* the caller is responsible to call free_fs_root */
 	return ret;
 }