diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
index 6e64af4ccc36..7414a16af990 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ static int check_path_loop(struct btree_trans *trans, struct bkey_s_c inode_k)
 int bch2_check_directory_structure(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	int ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes, POS_MIN,
+		for_each_btree_key_reverse_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes, POS_MIN,
 					  BTREE_ITER_intent|
 					  BTREE_ITER_prefetch|
 					  BTREE_ITER_all_snapshots, k,