diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 0d50d49d990a..55d9d188e693 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1783,6 +1783,11 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 					   btrfs_super_chunk_root(disk_super),
 					   blocksize, generation);
 	BUG_ON(!chunk_root->node);
+	if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &chunk_root->node->bflags)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "btrfs: failed to read chunk root on %s\n",
+		       sb->s_id);
+		goto fail_chunk_root;
+	}
 	btrfs_set_root_node(&chunk_root->root_item, chunk_root->node);
 	chunk_root->commit_root = btrfs_root_node(chunk_root);
 
@@ -1810,6 +1815,11 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 					  blocksize, generation);
 	if (!tree_root->node)
 		goto fail_chunk_root;
+	if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &tree_root->node->bflags)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "btrfs: failed to read tree root on %s\n",
+		       sb->s_id);
+		goto fail_tree_root;
+	}
 	btrfs_set_root_node(&tree_root->root_item, tree_root->node);
 	tree_root->commit_root = btrfs_root_node(tree_root);