diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 5cf3aa7..a272bfd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1276,8 +1276,10 @@
 	root->commit_root = btrfs_root_node(root);
 	BUG_ON(!root->node);
 out:
-	if (location->objectid != BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID)
+	if (location->objectid != BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID) {
 		root->ref_cows = 1;
+		btrfs_check_and_init_root_item(&root->root_item);
+	}
 
 	return root;
 }