diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 3f3c8f9186f90b..cba0ab2e1b593b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -825,7 +825,12 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, char *options,
 	    !btrfs_test_opt(info, CLEAR_CACHE)) {
 		btrfs_err(info, "cannot disable free space tree");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-
+	}
+	if (btrfs_fs_compat_ro(info, BLOCK_GROUP_TREE) &&
+	    (btrfs_test_opt(info, CLEAR_CACHE) ||
+	     !btrfs_test_opt(info, FREE_SPACE_TREE))) {
+		btrfs_err(info, "cannot disable free space tree with block-group-tree feature");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = btrfs_check_mountopts_zoned(info);