diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index d897a8e5e430..c58245797f30 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -4552,6 +4552,7 @@ int btrfs_recover_relocation(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		fs_root = read_fs_root(fs_info, reloc_root->root_key.offset);
 		if (IS_ERR(fs_root)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(fs_root);
+			list_add_tail(&reloc_root->root_list, &reloc_roots);
 			goto out_free;
 		}