diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 701124c3e0b140060316682c31faee40d395de05..f47c1528eb9a69aeba5f2cd0740333a05aa9238d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ static int handle_direct_tree_backref(struct btrfs_backref_cache *cache,
 		/* Only reloc backref cache cares about a specific root */
 		if (cache->is_reloc) {
 			root = find_reloc_root(cache->fs_info, cur->bytenr);
-			if (WARN_ON(!root))
+			if (!root)
 				return -ENOENT;
 			cur->root = root;
 		} else {