diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 752acff2c734..bae6c54e4f87 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3806,6 +3806,10 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_create(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	}
 
 	if (sa->create) {
+		if (sa->qgroupid == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		ret = btrfs_create_qgroup(trans, sa->qgroupid);
 	} else {
 		ret = btrfs_remove_qgroup(trans, sa->qgroupid);