diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 195606862618..11d0787c6188 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static noinline int add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	inode = read_one_inode(root, key->objectid);
-	BUG_ON(!dir);
+	BUG_ON(!inode);
 
 	ref_ptr = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(eb, slot);
 	ref_end = ref_ptr + btrfs_item_size_nr(eb, slot);