diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 6ab91661cd26..711483d15c4c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -710,8 +710,7 @@ int __btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (start >= inode->disk_i_size && !replace_extent)
 		modify_tree = 0;
 
-	update_refs = (test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_SHAREABLE, &root->state) ||
-		       root == fs_info->tree_root);
+	update_refs = (root->root_key.objectid != BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID);
 	while (1) {
 		recow = 0;
 		ret = btrfs_lookup_file_extent(trans, root, path, ino,