diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8f92f998dc37..757111e52994 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4772,7 +4772,7 @@ static int btrfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * deletes for directory foo.
 	 */
 	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->last_unlink_trans >= trans->transid)
-		BTRFS_I(dir)->last_unlink_trans = BTRFS_I(inode)->last_unlink_trans;
+		btrfs_record_snapshot_destroy(trans, BTRFS_I(dir));
 
 	if (unlikely(btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(inode)) == BTRFS_EMPTY_SUBVOL_DIR_OBJECTID)) {
 		err = btrfs_unlink_subvol(trans, dir, dentry);