diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index cd2d39b60be06ac17835c53f061229bca8118273..9c380e7edf629155af9a351873f4b7c615888bfb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -554,6 +554,12 @@ static int resolve_indirect_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
+	if (!path->search_commit_root &&
+	    test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DELETING, &root->state)) {
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (btrfs_is_testing(fs_info)) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;