diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index c4e673a94426..1cd325765aaa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -559,7 +559,15 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	u32 nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf);
 	int slot;
 
-	if (nritems == 0) {
+	/*
+	 * Extent buffers from a relocation tree have a owner field that
+	 * corresponds to the subvolume tree they are based on. So just from an
+	 * extent buffer alone we can not find out what is the id of the
+	 * corresponding subvolume tree, so we can not figure out if the extent
+	 * buffer corresponds to the root of the relocation tree or not. So skip
+	 * this check for relocation trees.
+	 */
+	if (nritems == 0 && !btrfs_header_flag(leaf, BTRFS_HEADER_FLAG_RELOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *check_root;
 
 		key.objectid = btrfs_header_owner(leaf);
@@ -587,6 +595,9 @@ static noinline int check_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (nritems == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Check the 0 item */
 	if (btrfs_item_offset_nr(leaf, 0) + btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, 0) !=
 	    BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root)) {