diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 1fdc221a9c0b18558370f235e68d05f68a42883a..f50137a98fb1ac524f9c4bbdbd16011e99515f5e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -4012,16 +4012,17 @@ int btrfs_recover_log_trees(struct btrfs_root *log_root_tree)
 
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 
+	/* step 4: commit the transaction, which also unpins the blocks */
+	ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, fs_info->tree_root);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	free_extent_buffer(log_root_tree->node);
 	log_root_tree->log_root = NULL;
 	fs_info->log_root_recovering = 0;
-
-	/* step 4: commit the transaction, which also unpins the blocks */
-	btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, fs_info->tree_root);
-
 	kfree(log_root_tree);
-	return 0;
 
+	return 0;
 error:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;