diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index da0eee7c9e5f..529907ea3825 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -672,6 +672,12 @@ static void recalculate_thresholds(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl)
 
 	max_bitmaps = max_t(u64, max_bitmaps, 1);
 
+	if (ctl->total_bitmaps > max_bitmaps)
+		btrfs_err(block_group->fs_info,
+"invalid free space control: bg start=%llu len=%llu total_bitmaps=%u unit=%u max_bitmaps=%llu bytes_per_bg=%llu",
+			  block_group->start, block_group->length,
+			  ctl->total_bitmaps, ctl->unit, max_bitmaps,
+			  bytes_per_bg);
 	ASSERT(ctl->total_bitmaps <= max_bitmaps);
 
 	/*