diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b8863537d31d..1a349759efae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4329,7 +4329,11 @@ int btrfs_delete_subvolume(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		goto out_end_trans;
 	}
 
-	btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+	ret = btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		goto out_end_trans;
+	}
 
 	memset(&dest->root_item.drop_progress, 0,
 		sizeof(dest->root_item.drop_progress));