diff --git a/docs/event-counters.md b/docs/event-counters.md
index f74cbdc..3821455 100644
--- a/docs/event-counters.md
+++ b/docs/event-counters.md
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ resolve
 
 The `resolve` event group consists of operations related to translating a btrfs virtual block address (i.e. physical block address) to a `(root, inode, offset)` tuple (i.e. locating and opening the file containing a matching block).  `resolve` is the top level, `chase` and `adjust` are the lower two levels.
 
+ * `resolve_empty`: The `LOGICAL_INO` ioctl returned successfully with an empty reference list (0 items).
  * `resolve_fail`: The `LOGICAL_INO` ioctl returned an error.
  * `resolve_large`: The `LOGICAL_INO` ioctl returned more than 2730 results (the limit of the v1 ioctl).
  * `resolve_ms`: Total time spent in the `LOGICAL_INO` ioctl (i.e. wallclock time, not kernel CPU time).
diff --git a/src/bees-context.cc b/src/bees-context.cc
index 73e2b64..36cccc9 100644
--- a/src/bees-context.cc
+++ b/src/bees-context.cc
@@ -821,6 +821,10 @@ BeesContext::resolve_addr_uncached(BeesAddress addr)
 
 	// Avoid performance problems - pretend resolve failed if there are too many refs
 	const size_t rv_count = log_ino.m_iors.size();
+	if (!rv_count) {
+		BEESLOGDEBUG("LOGICAL_INO returned 0 refs at " << to_hex(addr));
+		BEESCOUNT(resolve_empty);
+	}
 	if (rv_count < BEES_MAX_EXTENT_REF_COUNT) {
 		rv.m_biors = vector<BtrfsInodeOffsetRoot>(log_ino.m_iors.begin(), log_ino.m_iors.end());
 	} else {