diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 4ec18ceb2f21..40afae0af4e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -648,6 +648,18 @@ unode_aux_to_inode_list(struct ulist_node *node)
 	return (struct extent_inode_elem *)(uintptr_t)node->aux;
 }
 
+static void free_leaf_list(struct ulist *ulist)
+{
+	struct ulist_node *node;
+	struct ulist_iterator uiter;
+
+	ULIST_ITER_INIT(&uiter);
+	while ((node = ulist_next(ulist, &uiter)))
+		free_inode_elem_list(unode_aux_to_inode_list(node));
+
+	ulist_free(ulist);
+}
+
 /*
  * We maintain three separate rbtrees: one for direct refs, one for
  * indirect refs which have a key, and one for indirect refs which do not
@@ -762,7 +774,11 @@ static int resolve_indirect_refs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 out:
-	ulist_free(parents);
+	/*
+	 * We may have inode lists attached to refs in the parents ulist, so we
+	 * must free them before freeing the ulist and its refs.
+	 */
+	free_leaf_list(parents);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1409,24 +1425,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void free_leaf_list(struct ulist *blocks)
-{
-	struct ulist_node *node = NULL;
-	struct extent_inode_elem *eie;
-	struct ulist_iterator uiter;
-
-	ULIST_ITER_INIT(&uiter);
-	while ((node = ulist_next(blocks, &uiter))) {
-		if (!node->aux)
-			continue;
-		eie = unode_aux_to_inode_list(node);
-		free_inode_elem_list(eie);
-		node->aux = 0;
-	}
-
-	ulist_free(blocks);
-}
-
 /*
  * Finds all leafs with a reference to the specified combination of bytenr and
  * offset. key_list_head will point to a list of corresponding keys (caller must