diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index ac80188eec88..b6d198f5181e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -2725,11 +2725,8 @@ int scrub_enumerate_chunks(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 		dev_extent = btrfs_item_ptr(l, slot, struct btrfs_dev_extent);
 		length = btrfs_dev_extent_length(l, dev_extent);
 
-		if (found_key.offset + length <= start) {
-			key.offset = found_key.offset + length;
-			btrfs_release_path(path);
-			continue;
-		}
+		if (found_key.offset + length <= start)
+			goto skip;
 
 		chunk_tree = btrfs_dev_extent_chunk_tree(l, dev_extent);
 		chunk_objectid = btrfs_dev_extent_chunk_objectid(l, dev_extent);
@@ -2740,10 +2737,12 @@ int scrub_enumerate_chunks(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 		 * the chunk from going away while we scrub it
 		 */
 		cache = btrfs_lookup_block_group(fs_info, chunk_offset);
-		if (!cache) {
-			ret = -ENOENT;
-			break;
-		}
+
+		/* some chunks are removed but not committed to disk yet,
+		 * continue scrubbing */
+		if (!cache)
+			goto skip;
+
 		dev_replace->cursor_right = found_key.offset + length;
 		dev_replace->cursor_left = found_key.offset;
 		dev_replace->item_needs_writeback = 1;
@@ -2802,7 +2801,7 @@ int scrub_enumerate_chunks(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 
 		dev_replace->cursor_left = dev_replace->cursor_right;
 		dev_replace->item_needs_writeback = 1;
-
+skip:
 		key.offset = found_key.offset + length;
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 	}