static void btrfs_release_delayed_iref(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node)
 {
-       struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
 
-       ASSERT(delayed_node->root);
-       clear_bit(BTRFS_DELAYED_NODE_DEL_IREF, &delayed_node->flags);
-       delayed_node->count--;
+       if (test_and_clear_bit(BTRFS_DELAYED_NODE_DEL_IREF, &delayed_node->flags)) {
+               struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
 
-       delayed_root = delayed_node->root->fs_info->delayed_root;
-       finish_one_item(delayed_root);
+               ASSERT(delayed_node->root);
+               delayed_node->count--;
+
+               delayed_root = delayed_node->root->fs_info->delayed_root;
+               finish_one_item(delayed_root);
+       }
 }
 
 static int __btrfs_update_delayed_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
        btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 
        if (!test_bit(BTRFS_DELAYED_NODE_DEL_IREF, &node->flags))
-               goto no_iref;
+               goto out;
 
        path->slots[0]++;
        if (path->slots[0] >= btrfs_header_nritems(leaf))
        btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
 out:
        btrfs_release_delayed_iref(node);
-no_iref:
        btrfs_release_path(path);
 err_out:
        btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(fs_info, node, (ret < 0));
                btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev_item);
        }
 
-       if (test_bit(BTRFS_DELAYED_NODE_DEL_IREF, &delayed_node->flags))
-               btrfs_release_delayed_iref(delayed_node);
+       btrfs_release_delayed_iref(delayed_node);
 
        if (test_bit(BTRFS_DELAYED_NODE_INODE_DIRTY, &delayed_node->flags)) {
                btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(fs_info, delayed_node, false);