diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 892b34785ccc..f0dfd7de0205 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1479,13 +1479,14 @@ static int btrfs_submit_bio_hook(struct inode *inode, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int skip_sum;
+	int metadata = 0;
 
 	skip_sum = BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
 
 	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
-		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, 2);
-	else
-		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, 0);
+		metadata = 2;
+
+	ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, metadata);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	if (!(rw & REQ_WRITE)) {