struct btrfs_key key, found_key;
        struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
        struct inode *inode;
+       u64 last_objectid = 0;
        int ret = 0, nr_unlink = 0, nr_truncate = 0;
 
        if (cmpxchg(&root->orphan_cleanup_state, 0, ORPHAN_CLEANUP_STARTED))
                 * crossing root thing.  we store the inode number in the
                 * offset of the orphan item.
                 */
+
+               if (found_key.offset == last_objectid) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: Error removing orphan entry, "
+                              "stopping orphan cleanup\n");
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               last_objectid = found_key.offset;
+
                found_key.objectid = found_key.offset;
                found_key.type = BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY;
                found_key.offset = 0;