diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
index 4bbeac9e0526..dff589ddc984 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ const char * const bch2_recovery_passes[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+/* Fake recovery pass, so that scan_for_btree_nodes isn't 0: */
+static int bch2_recovery_pass_empty(struct bch_fs *c)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int bch2_set_may_go_rw(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct journal_keys *keys = &c->journal_keys;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes_types.h b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes_types.h
index 9d96c06e365c..94dc20ca2065 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes_types.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery_passes_types.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * must never change:
  */
 #define BCH_RECOVERY_PASSES()							\
+	x(recovery_pass_empty,			41, PASS_SILENT)		\
 	x(scan_for_btree_nodes,			37, 0)				\
 	x(check_topology,			 4, 0)				\
 	x(accounting_read,			39, PASS_ALWAYS)		\