diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b1106d0dcd5c..344a322eb386 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3718,7 +3718,8 @@ noinline int btrfs_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * without delay
 	 */
 	if (!btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode)
-	    && root->root_key.objectid != BTRFS_DATA_RELOC_TREE_OBJECTID) {
+	    && root->root_key.objectid != BTRFS_DATA_RELOC_TREE_OBJECTID
+	    && !root->fs_info->log_root_recovering) {
 		btrfs_update_root_times(trans, root);
 
 		ret = btrfs_delayed_update_inode(trans, root, inode);