diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e3caf18dcff4..137c4d5eaa8d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3384,12 +3384,6 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_device
 	}
 	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_OPEN, &fs_info->flags);
 
-	/*
-	 * backuproot only affect mount behavior, and if open_ctree succeeded,
-	 * no need to keep the flag
-	 */
-	btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, USEBACKUPROOT);
-
 	return 0;
 
 fail_qgroup:
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index c5095a23befd..b9d5d610682f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,8 @@ static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)
 		seq_puts(seq, ",notreelog");
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(info, NOLOGREPLAY))
 		print_rescue_option(seq, "nologreplay", &printed);
+	if (btrfs_test_opt(info, USEBACKUPROOT))
+		print_rescue_option(seq, "usebackuproot", &printed);
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(info, FLUSHONCOMMIT))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",flushoncommit");
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(info, DISCARD_SYNC))