diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 0a430f7c5afd..1c9dc71089ce 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -3986,7 +3986,7 @@ static noinline int split_leaf(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
 	/* first try to make some room by pushing left and right */
-	if (data_size) {
+	if (data_size && path->nodes[1]) {
 		wret = push_leaf_right(trans, root, path, data_size,
 				       data_size, 0, 0);
 		if (wret < 0)