diff --git a/check/main.c b/check/main.c
index 263a377d..3bad72c5 100644
--- a/check/main.c
+++ b/check/main.c
@@ -3437,8 +3437,10 @@ static int check_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int err = 0;
+	bool generation_err = false;
 	int wret;
 	int level;
+	u64 super_generation;
 	struct btrfs_path path;
 	struct shared_node root_node;
 	struct root_record *rec;
@@ -3449,6 +3451,23 @@ static int check_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	struct unaligned_extent_rec_t *urec;
 	struct unaligned_extent_rec_t *tmp;
 
+	super_generation = btrfs_super_generation(root->fs_info->super_copy);
+	if (btrfs_root_generation(root_item) > super_generation + 1) {
+		error(
+	"invalid generation for root %llu, have %llu expect (0, %llu]",
+		      root->root_key.objectid, btrfs_root_generation(root_item),
+		      super_generation + 1);
+		generation_err = true;
+		if (repair) {
+			root->node->flags |= EXTENT_BAD_TRANSID;
+			ret = recow_extent_buffer(root, root->node);
+			if (!ret) {
+				printf("Reset generation for root %llu\n",
+					root->root_key.objectid);
+				generation_err = false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Reuse the corrupt_block cache tree to record corrupted tree block
 	 *
@@ -3597,6 +3616,8 @@ skip_walking:
 
 	free_corrupt_blocks_tree(&corrupt_blocks);
 	root->fs_info->corrupt_blocks = NULL;
+	if (!ret && generation_err)
+		ret = -1;
 	return ret;
 }