* and we have to check for this because we go rw before repairing the
         * snapshots table - just skip it, we can move it later.
         */
-       if (unlikely(k.k->p.snapshot && !bch2_snapshot_equiv(c, k.k->p.snapshot)))
+       if (unlikely(k.k->p.snapshot && !bch2_snapshot_exists(c, k.k->p.snapshot)))
                return -BCH_ERR_data_update_done;
 
        if (!bkey_get_dev_refs(c, k))
 
        if (new.k->type == KEY_TYPE_snapshot) {
                struct bkey_s_c_snapshot s = bkey_s_c_to_snapshot(new);
 
+               t->live         = true;
                t->parent       = le32_to_cpu(s.v->parent);
                t->children[0]  = le32_to_cpu(s.v->children[0]);
                t->children[1]  = le32_to_cpu(s.v->children[1]);
 {
        struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
 
-       if (bch2_snapshot_equiv(c, id))
+       if (bch2_snapshot_exists(c, id))
                return 0;
 
        /* Do we need to reconstruct the snapshot_tree entry as well? */
                snapshot_id_list_to_text(&buf, t);
 
                darray_for_each(*t, id) {
-                       if (fsck_err_on(!bch2_snapshot_equiv(c, *id),
+                       if (fsck_err_on(!bch2_snapshot_exists(c, *id),
                                        trans, snapshot_node_missing,
                                        "snapshot node %u from tree %s missing, recreate?", *id, buf.buf)) {
                                if (t->nr > 1) {
        struct printbuf buf = PRINTBUF;
        int ret = 0;
 
-       if (fsck_err_on(!bch2_snapshot_equiv(c, k.k->p.snapshot),
+       if (fsck_err_on(!bch2_snapshot_exists(c, k.k->p.snapshot),
                        trans, bkey_in_missing_snapshot,
                        "key in missing snapshot %s, delete?",
                        (bch2_btree_id_to_text(&buf, iter->btree_id),
 
        return id;
 }
 
+static inline bool __bch2_snapshot_exists(struct bch_fs *c, u32 id)
+{
+       const struct snapshot_t *s = snapshot_t(c, id);
+       return s ? s->live : 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool bch2_snapshot_exists(struct bch_fs *c, u32 id)
+{
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       bool ret = __bch2_snapshot_exists(c, id);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static inline u32 __bch2_snapshot_equiv(struct bch_fs *c, u32 id)
 {
        const struct snapshot_t *s = snapshot_t(c, id);