diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 27076ebadb36b5..d267eb5caa7b69 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9496,6 +9496,10 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		ret = btrfs_sync_log(trans, BTRFS_I(old_inode)->root, &ctx);
 		if (ret)
 			commit_transaction = true;
+	} else if (sync_log) {
+		mutex_lock(&root->log_mutex);
+		list_del(&ctx.list);
+		mutex_unlock(&root->log_mutex);
 	}
 	if (commit_transaction) {
 		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);