diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index ca69a46f1006..f22e00dfec6c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1098,13 +1098,18 @@ int btrfs_global_root_insert(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct rb_node *tmp;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	write_lock(&fs_info->global_root_lock);
 	tmp = rb_find_add(&root->rb_node, &fs_info->global_root_tree, global_root_cmp);
 	write_unlock(&fs_info->global_root_lock);
-	ASSERT(!tmp);
 
-	return tmp ? -EEXIST : 0;
+	if (tmp) {
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+		btrfs_warn(fs_info, "global root %llu %llu already exists",
+				root->root_key.objectid, root->root_key.offset);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void btrfs_global_root_delete(struct btrfs_root *root)
@@ -2934,6 +2939,7 @@ static int __cold init_tree_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 			/* We can't trust the free space cache either */
 			btrfs_set_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, CLEAR_CACHE);
 
+			btrfs_warn(fs_info, "try to load backup roots slot %d", i);
 			ret = read_backup_root(fs_info, i);
 			backup_index = ret;
 			if (ret < 0)