diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 33e48e3865c5..6fcb9390913e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2969,7 +2969,11 @@ int btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, CLEAR_CACHE) &&
 	    btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE)) {
-		rebuild_free_space_tree = true;
+		if (btrfs_fs_incompat(fs_info, EXTENT_TREE_V2))
+			btrfs_warn(fs_info,
+				   "'clear_cache' option is ignored with extent tree v2");
+		else
+			rebuild_free_space_tree = true;
 	} else if (btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE) &&
 		   !btrfs_fs_compat_ro(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE_VALID)) {
 		btrfs_warn(fs_info, "free space tree is invalid");