diff --git a/fs/btrfs/export.c b/fs/btrfs/export.c
index 08cd8c4a02a5..eba6c6d27bad 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/export.c
@@ -82,12 +82,17 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb, u64 objectid,
 		err = PTR_ERR(root);
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	if (!btrfs_grab_fs_root(root)) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	key.objectid = objectid;
 	key.type = BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY;
 	key.offset = 0;
 
 	inode = btrfs_iget(sb, &key, root);
+	btrfs_put_fs_root(root);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto fail;