diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e8b29da30154..9b9f28664b4f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,6 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_read_fs_root_no_radix(struct btrfs_root *tree_root,
 	}
 
 	root->commit_root = btrfs_root_node(root);
-	BUG_ON(!root->node); /* -ENOMEM */
 out:
 	if (location->objectid != BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID) {
 		root->ref_cows = 1;