diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 784d41e95ed9534b1f120d3e4895e9d4b8da38e3..16e46ee3cd16a923d53338675cae7c4d93d5d7c9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9220,6 +9220,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_del_root(trans, fs_info, &root->root_key);
 	if (ret) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		err = ret;
 		goto out_end_trans;
 	}