diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 2f1acc9aea9ea0..92a3686277918a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3169,10 +3169,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	mutex_lock(&log_root_tree->log_mutex);
 
-	index2 = log_root_tree->log_transid % 2;
-	list_add_tail(&root_log_ctx.list, &log_root_tree->log_ctxs[index2]);
-	root_log_ctx.log_transid = log_root_tree->log_transid;
-
 	if (btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info)) {
 		if (!log_root_tree->node) {
 			ret = btrfs_alloc_log_tree_node(trans, log_root_tree);
@@ -3183,6 +3179,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		}
 	}
 
+	index2 = log_root_tree->log_transid % 2;
+	list_add_tail(&root_log_ctx.list, &log_root_tree->log_ctxs[index2]);
+	root_log_ctx.log_transid = log_root_tree->log_transid;
+
 	/*
 	 * Now we are safe to update the log_root_tree because we're under the
 	 * log_mutex, and we're a current writer so we're holding the commit