diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 18891c009641f8403953fd0867bec353f3a43c62..7927a5fa755cfaaeaac6328013a80832000658a2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ static noinline int check_item_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						     dir_key->offset,
 						     name, name_len, 0);
 		}
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(log_di)) {
+		if (!log_di || (IS_ERR(log_di) && PTR_ERR(log_di) == -ENOENT)) {
 			btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(eb, di, &location);
 			btrfs_release_path(path);
 			btrfs_release_path(log_path);
@@ -1869,6 +1869,9 @@ static noinline int check_item_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				goto again;
 			ret = 0;
 			goto out;
+		} else if (IS_ERR(log_di)) {
+			kfree(name);
+			return PTR_ERR(log_di);
 		}
 		btrfs_release_path(log_path);
 		kfree(name);