diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 633c701a287d4be0242d5b1706515aad4845ecfb..98f6bf10bbd47d26e79d59e6d629e53b2d230500 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ static char *iref_to_path(struct btrfs_root *fs_root, struct btrfs_path *path,
 		if (eb != eb_in)
 			free_extent_buffer(eb);
 		ret = inode_ref_info(parent, 0, fs_root, path, &found_key);
+		if (ret > 0)
+			ret = -ENOENT;
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 		next_inum = found_key.offset;