diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 9be61967d2be..92e646d597ea 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -701,6 +701,15 @@ static int __open_metadata(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 		goto bad_cleanup_data_sm;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For pool metadata opening process, root setting is redundant
+	 * because it will be set again in __begin_transaction(). But dm
+	 * pool aborting process really needs to get last transaction's
+	 * root to avoid accessing broken btree.
+	 */
+	pmd->root = le64_to_cpu(disk_super->data_mapping_root);
+	pmd->details_root = le64_to_cpu(disk_super->device_details_root);
+
 	__setup_btree_details(pmd);
 	dm_bm_unlock(sblock);