diff --git a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
index 612411c74550..1ea4a35a0830 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
@@ -255,25 +255,7 @@ int btrfs_find_orphan_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		root_key.objectid = key.offset;
 		key.offset++;
 
-		/*
-		 * The root might have been inserted already, as before we look
-		 * for orphan roots, log replay might have happened, which
-		 * triggers a transaction commit and qgroup accounting, which
-		 * in turn reads and inserts fs roots while doing backref
-		 * walking.
-		 */
-		root = btrfs_lookup_fs_root(fs_info, root_key.objectid);
-		if (root) {
-			WARN_ON(!test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_ORPHAN_ITEM_INSERTED,
-					  &root->state));
-			if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0) {
-				set_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_TREE, &root->state);
-				btrfs_add_dead_root(root);
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		root = btrfs_read_fs_root(tree_root, &root_key);
+		root = btrfs_get_fs_root(fs_info, &root_key, false);
 		err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(root);
 		if (err && err != -ENOENT) {
 			break;
@@ -300,21 +282,7 @@ int btrfs_find_orphan_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		err = btrfs_init_fs_root(root);
-		if (err) {
-			btrfs_free_fs_root(root);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		set_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_ORPHAN_ITEM_INSERTED, &root->state);
-
-		err = btrfs_insert_fs_root(fs_info, root);
-		if (err) {
-			BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
-			btrfs_free_fs_root(root);
-			break;
-		}
-
+		WARN_ON(!test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_ORPHAN_ITEM_INSERTED, &root->state));
 		if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0) {
 			set_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_DEAD_TREE, &root->state);
 			btrfs_add_dead_root(root);