diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index f1143741f6ba..7b66a8e4ca54 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1994,6 +1994,7 @@ void btrfs_put_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&root->refs)) {
 		WARN_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&root->inode_tree));
+		WARN_ON(test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_RELOC_TREE, &root->state));
 		if (root->anon_dev)
 			free_anon_bdev(root->anon_dev);
 		btrfs_drew_lock_destroy(&root->snapshot_lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 81b076e46143..68dd7a771e5e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -1935,6 +1935,8 @@ void merge_reloc_roots(struct reloc_control *rc)
 					root->reloc_root = NULL;
 					btrfs_put_root(reloc_root);
 				}
+				clear_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_RELOC_TREE,
+					  &root->state);
 				btrfs_put_root(root);
 			}