diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 2132dec3c87c..a2da9313c694 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3293,6 +3293,112 @@ int btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Do various sanity and dependency checks of different features.
+ *
+ * This is the place for less strict checks (like for subpage or artificial
+ * feature dependencies).
+ *
+ * For strict checks or possible corruption detection, see
+ * btrfs_validate_super().
+ *
+ * This should be called after btrfs_parse_options(), as some mount options
+ * (space cache related) can modify on-disk format like free space tree and
+ * screw up certain feature dependencies.
+ */
+int btrfs_check_features(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct btrfs_super_block *disk_super = fs_info->super_copy;
+	u64 incompat = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super);
+	const u64 compat_ro = btrfs_super_compat_ro_flags(disk_super);
+	const u64 compat_ro_unsupp = (compat_ro & ~BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP);
+
+	if (incompat & ~BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+		"cannot mount because of unknown incompat features (0x%llx)",
+		    incompat);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Runtime limitation for mixed block groups. */
+	if ((incompat & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS) &&
+	    (fs_info->sectorsize != fs_info->nodesize)) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+"unequal nodesize/sectorsize (%u != %u) are not allowed for mixed block groups",
+			fs_info->nodesize, fs_info->sectorsize);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Mixed backref is an always-enabled feature. */
+	incompat |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_BACKREF;
+
+	/* Set compression related flags just in case. */
+	if (fs_info->compress_type == BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO)
+		incompat |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_LZO;
+	else if (fs_info->compress_type == BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZSTD)
+		incompat |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_ZSTD;
+
+	/*
+	 * An ancient flag, which should really be marked deprecated.
+	 * Such runtime limitation doesn't really need a incompat flag.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_super_nodesize(disk_super) > PAGE_SIZE)
+		incompat |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BIG_METADATA;
+
+	if (compat_ro_unsupp && !sb_rdonly(sb)) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+	"cannot mount read-write because of unknown compat_ro features (0x%llx)",
+		       compat_ro);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We have unsupported RO compat features, although RO mounted, we
+	 * should not cause any metadata writes, including log replay.
+	 * Or we could screw up whatever the new feature requires.
+	 */
+	if (compat_ro_unsupp && btrfs_super_log_root(disk_super) &&
+	    !btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, NOLOGREPLAY)) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+"cannot replay dirty log with unsupported compat_ro features (0x%llx), try rescue=nologreplay",
+			  compat_ro);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Artificial limitations for block group tree, to force
+	 * block-group-tree to rely on no-holes and free-space-tree.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, BLOCK_GROUP_TREE) &&
+	    (!btrfs_fs_incompat(fs_info, NO_HOLES) ||
+	     !btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE))) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+"block-group-tree feature requires no-holes and free-space-tree features");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Subpage runtime limitation on v1 cache.
+	 *
+	 * V1 space cache still has some hard codeed PAGE_SIZE usage, while
+	 * we're already defaulting to v2 cache, no need to bother v1 as it's
+	 * going to be deprecated anyway.
+	 */
+	if (fs_info->sectorsize < PAGE_SIZE && btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, SPACE_CACHE)) {
+		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
+	"v1 space cache is not supported for page size %lu with sectorsize %u",
+			   PAGE_SIZE, fs_info->sectorsize);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* This can be called by remount, we need to protect the super block. */
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->super_lock);
+	btrfs_set_super_incompat_flags(disk_super, incompat);
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->super_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 		      char *options)
 {
@@ -3442,72 +3548,12 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_device
 		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
-	features = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super) &
-		~BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP;
-	if (features) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-		    "cannot mount because of unsupported optional features (0x%llx)",
-		    features);
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	ret = btrfs_check_features(fs_info, sb);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		err = ret;
 		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
-	features = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super);
-	features |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_BACKREF;
-	if (fs_info->compress_type == BTRFS_COMPRESS_LZO)
-		features |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_LZO;
-	else if (fs_info->compress_type == BTRFS_COMPRESS_ZSTD)
-		features |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_ZSTD;
-
-	/*
-	 * Flag our filesystem as having big metadata blocks if they are bigger
-	 * than the page size.
-	 */
-	if (btrfs_super_nodesize(disk_super) > PAGE_SIZE)
-		features |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BIG_METADATA;
-
-	/*
-	 * mixed block groups end up with duplicate but slightly offset
-	 * extent buffers for the same range.  It leads to corruptions
-	 */
-	if ((features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS) &&
-	    (sectorsize != nodesize)) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-"unequal nodesize/sectorsize (%u != %u) are not allowed for mixed block groups",
-			nodesize, sectorsize);
-		goto fail_alloc;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Needn't use the lock because there is no other task which will
-	 * update the flag.
-	 */
-	btrfs_set_super_incompat_flags(disk_super, features);
-
-	features = btrfs_super_compat_ro_flags(disk_super) &
-		~BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP;
-	if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && features) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-	"cannot mount read-write because of unsupported optional features (0x%llx)",
-		       features);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_alloc;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * We have unsupported RO compat features, although RO mounted, we
-	 * should not cause any metadata write, including log replay.
-	 * Or we could screw up whatever the new feature requires.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(features && btrfs_super_log_root(disk_super) &&
-		     !btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, NOLOGREPLAY))) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info,
-"cannot replay dirty log with unsupported compat_ro features (0x%llx), try rescue=nologreplay",
-			  features);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_alloc;
-	}
-
-
 	if (sectorsize < PAGE_SIZE) {
 		struct btrfs_subpage_info *subpage_info;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
index 7e545ec09a10..c67c15d4d20b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 void __cold close_ctree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_validate_super(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			 struct btrfs_super_block *sb, int mirror_num);
+int btrfs_check_features(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct super_block *sb);
 int write_all_supers(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int max_mirrors);
 struct btrfs_super_block *btrfs_read_dev_super(struct block_device *bdev);
 struct btrfs_super_block *btrfs_read_dev_one_super(struct block_device *bdev,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index be7df8d1d5b8..9be4fd2db0f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2014,14 +2014,10 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	if (ret)
 		goto restore;
 
-	/* V1 cache is not supported for subpage mount. */
-	if (fs_info->sectorsize < PAGE_SIZE && btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, SPACE_CACHE)) {
-		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
-	"v1 space cache is not supported for page size %lu with sectorsize %u",
-			   PAGE_SIZE, fs_info->sectorsize);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	ret = btrfs_check_features(fs_info, sb);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto restore;
-	}
+
 	btrfs_remount_begin(fs_info, old_opts, *flags);
 	btrfs_resize_thread_pool(fs_info,
 		fs_info->thread_pool_size, old_thread_pool_size);
@@ -2117,15 +2113,6 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto restore;
 		}
-		if (btrfs_super_compat_ro_flags(fs_info->super_copy) &
-		    ~BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP) {
-			btrfs_err(fs_info,
-		"can not remount read-write due to unsupported optional flags 0x%llx",
-				btrfs_super_compat_ro_flags(fs_info->super_copy) &
-				~BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto restore;
-		}
 		if (fs_info->fs_devices->rw_devices == 0) {
 			ret = -EACCES;
 			goto restore;