diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index b53104042e954f493aee84965072567a040a6d47..2ce9115a55fde82ddf492ff5bef2783a5036ef01 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -549,11 +549,8 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
 		}
 	} while (ret == -EBUSY);
 
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		/* We must get the transaction if we are JOIN_NOLOCK. */
-		BUG_ON(type == TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto join_fail;
-	}
 
 	cur_trans = root->fs_info->running_transaction;