diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b88f6221b48bcda92c66b6e5ebcd1e08ab7924ea..8dba152883d300fa1c0d6092c9700757aa1df4aa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4926,7 +4926,8 @@ void btrfs_invalidate_inodes(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	u64 objectid = 0;
 
-	WARN_ON(btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) != 0);
+	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
+		WARN_ON(btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) != 0);
 
 	spin_lock(&root->inode_lock);
 again: