diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 993b08996b39..cf1a36a72d87 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@ static noinline int add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	dir = btrfs_iget_logging(parent_objectid, root);
 	if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dir);
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			ret = 0;
 		dir = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1420,6 +1422,15 @@ static noinline int add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
 					ret = PTR_ERR(dir);
 					dir = NULL;
+					/*
+					 * A new parent dir may have not been
+					 * logged and not exist in the subvolume
+					 * tree, see the comment above before
+					 * the loop when getting the first
+					 * parent dir.
+					 */
+					if (ret == -ENOENT)
+						ret = 0;
 					goto out;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2532,9 +2543,8 @@ static int replay_one_buffer(struct btrfs_root *log, struct extent_buffer *eb,
 			   key.type == BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY) {
 			ret = add_inode_ref(wc->trans, root, log, path,
 					    eb, i, &key);
-			if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
+			if (ret)
 				break;
-			ret = 0;
 		} else if (key.type == BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY) {
 			ret = replay_one_extent(wc->trans, root, path,
 						eb, i, &key);