diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 20c6ac1a5de7fa3df7b0a8eef384c458c772f201..d2fc292ac61b1dcc06a9f34406fcccf4aa319a1d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	pending->snap = btrfs_get_new_fs_root(fs_info, objectid, pending->anon_dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(pending->snap)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(pending->snap);
+		pending->snap = NULL;
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 		goto fail;
 	}