diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index f13ddbba8ace72fe515985f0265529619ab940b3..a1ba4173007161c316193b481a3c387d2257d00c 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static inline void *indirect_to_ptr(void *ptr)
 	return (void *)((unsigned long)ptr & ~RADIX_TREE_INDIRECT_PTR);
 }
 
+#define RADIX_TREE_RETRY	ptr_to_indirect(NULL)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RADIX_TREE_MULTIORDER
 /* Sibling slots point directly to another slot in the same node */
 static inline bool is_sibling_entry(struct radix_tree_node *parent, void *node)
@@ -1443,6 +1445,14 @@ static inline void radix_tree_shrink(struct radix_tree_root *root)
 		slot = to_free->slots[0];
 		if (!slot)
 			break;
+		if (!radix_tree_is_indirect_ptr(slot) && (root->height > 1))
+			break;
+
+		if (radix_tree_is_indirect_ptr(slot)) {
+			slot = indirect_to_ptr(slot);
+			slot->parent = NULL;
+			slot = ptr_to_indirect(slot);
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * We don't need rcu_assign_pointer(), since we are simply
@@ -1451,14 +1461,6 @@ static inline void radix_tree_shrink(struct radix_tree_root *root)
 		 * (to_free->slots[0]), it will be safe to dereference the new
 		 * one (root->rnode) as far as dependent read barriers go.
 		 */
-		if (root->height > 1) {
-			if (!radix_tree_is_indirect_ptr(slot))
-				break;
-
-			slot = indirect_to_ptr(slot);
-			slot->parent = NULL;
-			slot = ptr_to_indirect(slot);
-		}
 		root->rnode = slot;
 		root->height--;
 
@@ -1480,9 +1482,8 @@ static inline void radix_tree_shrink(struct radix_tree_root *root)
 		 * also results in a stale slot). So tag the slot as indirect
 		 * to force callers to retry.
 		 */
-		if (root->height == 0)
-			*((unsigned long *)&to_free->slots[0]) |=
-						RADIX_TREE_INDIRECT_PTR;
+		if (!radix_tree_is_indirect_ptr(slot))
+			to_free->slots[0] = RADIX_TREE_RETRY;
 
 		radix_tree_node_free(to_free);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/multiorder.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/multiorder.c
index cfe718c78eb6657848af95311f3f852ac63eb4f4..71f34a04700240f0100f8d2537f86bb5a1dfbae7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/multiorder.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/multiorder.c
@@ -46,6 +46,41 @@ static void multiorder_check(unsigned long index, int order)
 		item_check_absent(&tree, i);
 }
 
+static void multiorder_shrink(unsigned long index, int order)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+	unsigned long max = 1 << order;
+	RADIX_TREE(tree, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct radix_tree_node *node;
+
+	printf("Multiorder shrink index %ld, order %d\n", index, order);
+
+	assert(item_insert_order(&tree, 0, order) == 0);
+
+	node = tree.rnode;
+
+	assert(item_insert(&tree, index) == 0);
+	assert(node != tree.rnode);
+
+	assert(item_delete(&tree, index) != 0);
+	assert(node == tree.rnode);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+		struct item *item = item_lookup(&tree, i);
+		assert(item != 0);
+		assert(item->index == 0);
+	}
+	for (i = max; i < 2*max; i++)
+		item_check_absent(&tree, i);
+
+	if (!item_delete(&tree, 0)) {
+		printf("failed to delete index %ld (order %d)\n", index, order);		abort();
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 2*max; i++)
+		item_check_absent(&tree, i);
+}
+
 void multiorder_checks(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -55,4 +90,8 @@ void multiorder_checks(void)
 		multiorder_check(0, i);
 		multiorder_check((1UL << i) + 1, i);
 	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 15; i++)
+		multiorder_shrink((1UL << (i + RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT)), i);
+
 }