diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 2c9a2f7d563129021b38888947063696c6572b34..2b7d251d6ad12a281fb4cb7faf04868439dc7225 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_lookup_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 	srcu_read_unlock(&root->fs_info->subvol_srcu, index);
 
-	if (root != sub_root) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(inode) && root != sub_root) {
 		down_read(&root->fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
 		if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 			btrfs_orphan_cleanup(sub_root);