diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 23c596cd1b98..c931a4dbd031 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8011,6 +8011,9 @@ int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
+	if (root == NULL)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* the snap/subvol tree is on deleting */
 	if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0 &&
 	    root != root->fs_info->tree_root)