diff --git a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
index 893d12fbfda0761573b87acb790732b74c46ddc9..1b9a5d0de1392688ea78c3fdf421481223b70635 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/root-tree.c
@@ -137,11 +137,14 @@ int btrfs_update_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		btrfs_print_leaf(path->nodes[0]);
-		btrfs_crit(fs_info, "unable to update root key %llu %u %llu",
-			   key->objectid, key->type, key->offset);
-		BUG_ON(1);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		btrfs_crit(fs_info,
+			"unable to find root key (%llu %u %llu) in tree %llu",
+			key->objectid, key->type, key->offset,
+			root->root_key.objectid);
+		ret = -EUCLEAN;
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	l = path->nodes[0];