diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 8516c70b5edc..196e222749cc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4695,6 +4695,11 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_create(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (sa->create && is_fstree(sa->qgroupid)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);