diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 9f68c68986535fbdbd21f01abad64906e19fde68..20c111b3fa0d545ac58a2da2e142b7076d011f21 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,9 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_read_fs_root_no_name(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	spin_lock_init(&root->cache_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&root->cache_wait);
 
-	set_anon_super(&root->anon_super, NULL);
+	ret = set_anon_super(&root->anon_super, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail;
 
 	if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;