diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d8dec169df7c..e396a145ddd3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ba38eb4de354d228f2792f93cde2c748a3a3f3b2
+refs/heads/master: 3254c87618354e58fa2a7b375c6664f567480c33
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 7d394335bcb5..e16215f480d0 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2201,6 +2201,9 @@ int btrfs_orphan_cleanup(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
+	/* release the path since we're done with it */
+	btrfs_release_path(path);
+
 	root->orphan_cleanup_state = ORPHAN_CLEANUP_DONE;
 
 	if (root->orphan_block_rsv)