diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d3b2740f4d70..d2ef8308ad0a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6675,7 +6675,16 @@ struct extent_map *btrfs_get_extent(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 
 	/* Chances are we'll be called again, so go ahead and do readahead */
 	path->reada = READA_FORWARD;
-	path->recurse = btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode);
+
+	/*
+	 * The same explanation in load_free_space_cache applies here as well,
+	 * we only read when we're loading the free space cache, and at that
+	 * point the commit_root has everything we need.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode)) {
+		path->search_commit_root = 1;
+		path->skip_locking = 1;
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_lookup_file_extent(NULL, root, path, objectid, start, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {