diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index f09aa18ab710..84d0912eecb2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -988,11 +988,12 @@ again:
 				goto out;
 		}
 		if (ref->count && ref->parent) {
-			if (extent_item_pos && !ref->inode_list) {
+			if (extent_item_pos && !ref->inode_list &&
+			    ref->level == 0) {
 				u32 bsz;
 				struct extent_buffer *eb;
 				bsz = btrfs_level_size(fs_info->extent_root,
-							info_level);
+							ref->level);
 				eb = read_tree_block(fs_info->extent_root,
 							   ref->parent, bsz, 0);
 				if (!eb || !extent_buffer_uptodate(eb)) {