*/
        if (nritems == 0 && !btrfs_header_flag(leaf, BTRFS_HEADER_FLAG_RELOC)) {
                u64 owner = btrfs_header_owner(leaf);
-               struct btrfs_root *check_root;
 
                /* These trees must never be empty */
                if (owner == BTRFS_ROOT_TREE_OBJECTID ||
                                    owner);
                        return -EUCLEAN;
                }
-               key.objectid = owner;
-               key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;
-               key.offset = (u64)-1;
-
-               check_root = btrfs_get_fs_root(fs_info, &key, false);
-               /*
-                * The only reason we also check NULL here is that during
-                * open_ctree() some roots has not yet been set up.
-                */
-               if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(check_root)) {
-                       struct extent_buffer *eb;
-
-                       eb = btrfs_root_node(check_root);
-                       /* if leaf is the root, then it's fine */
-                       if (leaf != eb) {
-                               generic_err(leaf, 0,
-               "invalid nritems, have %u should not be 0 for non-root leaf",
-                                       nritems);
-                               free_extent_buffer(eb);
-                               return -EUCLEAN;
-                       }
-                       free_extent_buffer(eb);
-               }
                return 0;
        }