1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_open.c b/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_open.c
index 7422ca4ca4a0..47f3646ac46a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_open.c
+++ b/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_open.c
@@ -352,18 +352,25 @@ nroot(BTREE *t)
 	PAGE *meta, *root;
 	pgno_t npg;
 
-	if ((meta = mpool_get(t->bt_mp, 0, 0)) != NULL) {
-		mpool_put(t->bt_mp, meta, 0);
-		return (RET_SUCCESS);
+	if ((root = mpool_get(t->bt_mp, 1, 0)) != NULL) {
+		if (root->lower == 0 &&
+		    root->pgno == 0 &&
+		    root->linp[0] == 0) {
+			mpool_delete(t->bt_mp, root);
+			errno = EINVAL;
+		} else {
+			mpool_put(t->bt_mp, root, 0);
+			return (RET_SUCCESS);
+		}
 	}
 	if (errno != EINVAL)		/* It's OK to not exist. */
 		return (RET_ERROR);
 	errno = 0;
 
-	if ((meta = mpool_new(t->bt_mp, &npg)) == NULL)
+	if ((meta = mpool_new(t->bt_mp, &npg, MPOOL_PAGE_NEXT)) == NULL)
 		return (RET_ERROR);
 
-	if ((root = mpool_new(t->bt_mp, &npg)) == NULL)
+	if ((root = mpool_new(t->bt_mp, &npg, MPOOL_PAGE_NEXT)) == NULL)
 		return (RET_ERROR);
 
 	if (npg != P_ROOT)