diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index f77f6b3d24b9..f7c65ca056f8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2271,10 +2271,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup(struct file *file,
 {
 	 struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_args *args;
 	 struct inode *inode;
-	 int ret;
-
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	args = memdup_user(argp, sizeof(*args));
 	if (IS_ERR(args))
@@ -2282,13 +2279,28 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup(struct file *file,
 
 	inode = file_inode(file);
 
+	/*
+	 * Unprivileged query to obtain the containing subvolume root id. The
+	 * path is reset so it's consistent with btrfs_search_path_in_tree.
+	 */
 	if (args->treeid == 0)
 		args->treeid = BTRFS_I(inode)->root->root_key.objectid;
 
+	if (args->objectid == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
+		args->name[0] = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = btrfs_search_path_in_tree(BTRFS_I(inode)->root->fs_info,
 					args->treeid, args->objectid,
 					args->name);
 
+out:
 	if (ret == 0 && copy_to_user(argp, args, sizeof(*args)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;