diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d5aa97310943..b330e27c2d8b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3796,6 +3796,12 @@ struct inode *btrfs_lookup_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	if (location.type == BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY) {
 		inode = btrfs_iget(dir->i_sb, &location, root);
+		if (unlikely(root->clean_orphans) &&
+		    !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+			down_read(&root->fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+			btrfs_orphan_cleanup(root);
+			up_read(&root->fs_info->cleanup_work_sem);
+		}
 		return inode;
 	}