diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 0cc800d22a0814d7b41c1d3f2b2eb6666747878e..88c939f7aad96966011d01d0663be2e409a699e7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10478,22 +10478,6 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
 
-	if (remove_em) {
-		struct extent_map_tree *em_tree;
-
-		em_tree = &fs_info->mapping_tree.map_tree;
-		write_lock(&em_tree->lock);
-		/*
-		 * The em might be in the pending_chunks list, so make sure the
-		 * chunk mutex is locked, since remove_extent_mapping() will
-		 * delete us from that list.
-		 */
-		remove_extent_mapping(em_tree, em);
-		write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
-		/* once for the tree */
-		free_extent_map(em);
-	}
-
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 
 	ret = remove_block_group_free_space(trans, block_group);
@@ -10510,6 +10494,24 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (remove_em) {
+		struct extent_map_tree *em_tree;
+
+		em_tree = &fs_info->mapping_tree.map_tree;
+		write_lock(&em_tree->lock);
+		/*
+		 * The em might be in the pending_chunks list, so make sure the
+		 * chunk mutex is locked, since remove_extent_mapping() will
+		 * delete us from that list.
+		 */
+		remove_extent_mapping(em_tree, em);
+		write_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
+		/* once for the tree */
+		free_extent_map(em);
+	}
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;