diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 2482b26b1971..7a28314189b4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3342,11 +3342,9 @@ void btrfs_free_tree_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 * find a node pointing to this leaf and record operations that
 		 * point to this leaf.
 		 */
-		if (btrfs_header_level(buf) == 0) {
-			read_lock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
-			must_pin = !list_empty(&fs_info->tree_mod_seq_list);
-			read_unlock(&fs_info->tree_mod_log_lock);
-		}
+		if (btrfs_header_level(buf) == 0 &&
+		    test_bit(BTRFS_FS_TREE_MOD_LOG_USERS, &fs_info->flags))
+			must_pin = true;
 
 		if (must_pin || btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info)) {
 			btrfs_redirty_list_add(trans->transaction, buf);