diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 58599189bd1886165e556458ba81e603f258b8fa..94fc8b08254c17e7869e30a9005e0f5a32d7f77d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3652,11 +3652,10 @@ static int flush_dir_items_batch(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	/*
 	 * If for some unexpected reason the last item's index is not greater
-	 * than the last index we logged, warn and return an error to fallback
-	 * to a transaction commit.
+	 * than the last index we logged, warn and force a transaction commit.
 	 */
 	if (WARN_ON(last_index <= inode->last_dir_index_offset))
-		ret = -EUCLEAN;
+		ret = BTRFS_LOG_FORCE_COMMIT;
 	else
 		inode->last_dir_index_offset = last_index;
 out:
@@ -5604,10 +5603,8 @@ static int add_conflicting_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * LOG_INODE_EXISTS mode) and slow down other fsyncs or transaction
 	 * commits.
 	 */
-	if (ctx->num_conflict_inodes >= MAX_CONFLICT_INODES) {
-		btrfs_set_log_full_commit(trans);
+	if (ctx->num_conflict_inodes >= MAX_CONFLICT_INODES)
 		return BTRFS_LOG_FORCE_COMMIT;
-	}
 
 	inode = btrfs_iget(root->fs_info->sb, ino, root);
 	/*
@@ -6466,7 +6463,6 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * result in losing the file after a log replay.
 	 */
 	if (full_dir_logging && inode->last_unlink_trans >= trans->transid) {
-		btrfs_set_log_full_commit(trans);
 		ret = BTRFS_LOG_FORCE_COMMIT;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
index 85cd24cb0540d193942d749f2b811ccdef1c3d6d..bdeb5216718f4faf343296c4119325ff53fedbcb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.h
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
 /* return value for btrfs_log_dentry_safe that means we don't need to log it at all */
 #define BTRFS_NO_LOG_SYNC 256
 
-/* We can't use the tree log for whatever reason, force a transaction commit */
-#define BTRFS_LOG_FORCE_COMMIT				(1)
+/*
+ * We can't use the tree log for whatever reason, force a transaction commit.
+ * We use a negative value because there are functions through the logging code
+ * that need to return an error (< 0 value), false (0) or true (1). Any negative
+ * value will do, as it will cause the log to be marked for a full sync.
+ */
+#define BTRFS_LOG_FORCE_COMMIT				(-(MAX_ERRNO + 1))
 
 struct btrfs_log_ctx {
 	int log_ret;