diff --git a/tests/misc-tests/043-subvolume-set-default-toplevel/test.sh b/tests/misc-tests/043-subvolume-set-default-toplevel/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Verify that default subvolume specified as 0 will be resolved as the toplevel
+# one and not the containing subvolume of the given path
+
+source "$TEST_TOP/common"
+
+setup_root_helper
+prepare_test_dev
+
+check_prereq btrfs
+check_prereq mkfs.btrfs
+
+run_check_mkfs_test_dev
+run_check_mount_test_dev
+
+run_check $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume create "$TEST_MNT/subv1"
+run_check $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume create "$TEST_MNT/subv1/subv2"
+
+idtop=$(run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" inspect-internal rootid "$TEST_MNT")
+id1=$(run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" inspect-internal rootid "$TEST_MNT/subv1")
+id2=$(run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" inspect-internal rootid "$TEST_MNT/subv1/subv2")
+
+run_check $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume set-default "$id1" "$TEST_MNT"
+default=$(run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume get-default "$TEST_MNT" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+if [ "$default" != "$id1" ]; then
+	_fail "setting default subvolume to $id1 did not work, found $default"
+fi
+
+run_check_umount_test_dev
+
+# Mount subv2 into $TEST_MNT, while id1 is default
+run_check_mount_test_dev -o subvolid="$id2"
+# Change default back to toplevel fs tree but point to the non-default id2
+run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume set-default 0 "$TEST_MNT"
+default=$(run_check_stdout $SUDO_HELPER "$TOP/btrfs" subvolume get-default "$TEST_MNT" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+if [ "$default" != 5 ]; then
+	_fail "toplevel subvolume not set, found $default"
+fi
+
+run_check_umount_test_dev