diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 54114b4887ddd5d1cdb393df3a857dac88cac5ac..5f745eadf77dd07454ccb0c1d201124738cb4edc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1159,8 +1159,10 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_cow_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_REF_COWS, &root->state)) {
 		ret = btrfs_reloc_cow_block(trans, root, buf, cow);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (buf == root->node) {