if (ret && ret != -ESTALE)
                        goto out;
 
+               if (ret == -ESTALE && root == root->fs_info->tree_root) {
+                       struct btrfs_root *dead_root;
+                       struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
+                       int is_dead_root = 0;
+
+                       /*
+                        * this is an orphan in the tree root. Currently these
+                        * could come from 2 sources:
+                        *  a) a snapshot deletion in progress
+                        *  b) a free space cache inode
+                        * We need to distinguish those two, as the snapshot
+                        * orphan must not get deleted.
+                        * find_dead_roots already ran before us, so if this
+                        * is a snapshot deletion, we should find the root
+                        * in the dead_roots list
+                        */
+                       spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+                       list_for_each_entry(dead_root, &fs_info->dead_roots,
+                                           root_list) {
+                               if (dead_root->root_key.objectid ==
+                                   found_key.objectid) {
+                                       is_dead_root = 1;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+                       if (is_dead_root) {
+                               /* prevent this orphan from being found again */
+                               key.offset = found_key.objectid - 1;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+               }
                /*
                 * Inode is already gone but the orphan item is still there,
                 * kill the orphan item.