diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2d23df72e091..10a01dd0c4e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9554,6 +9554,9 @@ 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.