diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6e9183f587226..b13c212b1bed9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9582,6 +9582,9 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 		goto out_notrans;
 	}
 
+	if (dest != root)
+		btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to find a free sequence number both in the source and
 	 * in the destination directory for the exchange.