diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
index c4b31dccc184..289366c98f5b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ static int test_no_shared_qgroup(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(&trans, fs_info, nodesize, 0, &old_roots,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
-		ulist_free(old_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ static int test_no_shared_qgroup(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
 		ulist_free(old_roots);
-		ulist_free(new_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -258,18 +256,19 @@ static int test_no_shared_qgroup(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/* btrfs_qgroup_account_extent() always frees the ulists passed to it. */
+	old_roots = NULL;
+	new_roots = NULL;
+
 	if (btrfs_verify_qgroup_counts(fs_info, BTRFS_FS_TREE_OBJECTID,
 				nodesize, nodesize)) {
 		test_err("qgroup counts didn't match expected values");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	old_roots = NULL;
-	new_roots = NULL;
 
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(&trans, fs_info, nodesize, 0, &old_roots,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
-		ulist_free(old_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ static int test_no_shared_qgroup(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
 		ulist_free(old_roots);
-		ulist_free(new_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -335,7 +333,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(&trans, fs_info, nodesize, 0, &old_roots,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
-		ulist_free(old_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -351,7 +348,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
 		ulist_free(old_roots);
-		ulist_free(new_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -372,7 +368,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(&trans, fs_info, nodesize, 0, &old_roots,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
-		ulist_free(old_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -388,7 +383,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
 		ulist_free(old_roots);
-		ulist_free(new_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -415,7 +409,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(&trans, fs_info, nodesize, 0, &old_roots,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
-		ulist_free(old_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -431,7 +424,6 @@ static int test_multiple_refs(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			false);
 	if (ret) {
 		ulist_free(old_roots);
-		ulist_free(new_roots);
 		test_err("couldn't find old roots: %d", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}