diff --git a/tests/mkfs-tests/034-rootdir-extra-hard-links/test.sh b/tests/mkfs-tests/034-rootdir-extra-hard-links/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Test if "mkfs.btrfs --rootdir" would handle hard links where one is inside
+# the rootdir, the other out of the rootdir.
+
+source "$TEST_TOP/common" || exit
+
+prepare_test_dev
+
+tmpdir=$(_mktemp_dir mkfs-rootdir-hardlinks)
+
+run_check mkdir "$tmpdir/rootdir"
+run_check touch "$tmpdir/rootdir/inside_link"
+run_check ln "$tmpdir/rootdir/inside_link" "$tmpdir/outside_link"
+
+run_check_mkfs_test_dev --rootdir "$tmpdir/rootdir"
+
+# For older mkfs.btrfs --rootdir we will create inside_link with 2 links,
+# but since the other one is out of the rootdir, there should only be one
+# 1 link, leading to btrfs check fail.
+#
+# The new behavior will split all hard links into different inodes, thus
+# have correct nlink for each new inode.
+run_check $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" check "$TEST_DEV"