diff --git a/btrfs-list.c b/btrfs-list.c
index ef621f03..ed280210 100644
--- a/btrfs-list.c
+++ b/btrfs-list.c
@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ again:
 			} else if (get_gen && sh->type == BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY) {
 				ri = (struct btrfs_root_item *)(args.buf + off);
 				gen = btrfs_root_generation(ri);
-				if(ri->generation == ri->generation_v2) {
+				if(sh->len >
+				   sizeof(struct btrfs_root_item_v0)) {
 					t = ri->otime.sec;
 					memcpy(uuid, ri->uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
 				} else {
@@ -844,9 +845,11 @@ static int __list_snapshot_search(int fd, struct root_lookup *root_lookup)
 			off += sizeof(*sh);
 			if (sh->type == BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY && sh->offset) {
 				item = (struct btrfs_root_item *)(args.buf + off);
-				if(item->generation == item->generation_v2) {
+				if(sh->len >
+				   sizeof(struct btrfs_root_item_v0)) {
 					t = item->otime.sec;
-					memcpy(uuid, item->uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
+					memcpy(uuid, item->uuid,
+					       BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
 				} else {
 					t = 0;
 					memset(uuid, 0, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
diff --git a/ctree.h b/ctree.h
index 7f552291..c55d0338 100644
--- a/ctree.h
+++ b/ctree.h
@@ -637,6 +637,21 @@ struct btrfs_dir_item {
 	u8 type;
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
+struct btrfs_root_item_v0 {
+	struct btrfs_inode_item inode;
+	__le64 generation;
+	__le64 root_dirid;
+	__le64 bytenr;
+	__le64 byte_limit;
+	__le64 bytes_used;
+	__le64 last_snapshot;
+	__le64 flags;
+	__le32 refs;
+	struct btrfs_disk_key drop_progress;
+	u8 drop_level;
+	u8 level;
+} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
+
 struct btrfs_root_item {
 	struct btrfs_inode_item inode;
 	__le64 generation;