diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 73895baf6e07..34f7c375567e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1985,6 +1985,10 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	fs_info->fs_root = btrfs_read_fs_root_no_name(fs_info, &location);
 	if (!fs_info->fs_root)
 		goto fail_trans_kthread;
+	if (IS_ERR(fs_info->fs_root)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fs_info->fs_root);
+		goto fail_trans_kthread;
+	}
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		down_read(&fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);