diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 3418decb9e6120640d9060cad5e5c6c74ea99e30..18e328ce4b54964a6dbbddbf36450e24bf77460d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -704,11 +704,17 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct inode *dir,
 
 	btrfs_i_size_write(BTRFS_I(dir), dir->i_size + namelen * 2);
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
-	BUG_ON(ret);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_add_root_ref(trans, objectid, root->root_key.objectid,
 				 btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(dir)), index, name, namelen);
-	BUG_ON(ret);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_uuid_tree_add(trans, root_item->uuid,
 				  BTRFS_UUID_KEY_SUBVOL, objectid);