diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index b8f39a679064..786849fcc319 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2008,6 +2008,7 @@ int btrfs_read_block_groups(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 	}
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(space_info, &info->space_info, list) {
 		if (!(btrfs_get_alloc_profile(info, space_info->flags) &
 		      (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID10 |
@@ -2028,6 +2029,7 @@ int btrfs_read_block_groups(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
 				list)
 			inc_block_group_ro(cache, 1);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	btrfs_init_global_block_rsv(info);
 	ret = check_chunk_block_group_mappings(info);