diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/move.c b/fs/bcachefs/move.c
index 2706d8242345..6e477fadaa2a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/move.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/move.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static int bch2_move_data_btree(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 		ctxt->stats->pos	= BBPOS(btree_id, start);
 	}
 
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, btree_id, start,
 			     BTREE_ITER_prefetch|
 			     BTREE_ITER_all_snapshots);