diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6349c63a4b37935df3c8fc7e5bd76f30c411e8e6..b212f391ceabf1bb53960eb7fa9072bdd7372153 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ int btrfs_orphan_add(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct inode *inode)
 	/* insert an orphan item to track this unlinked/truncated file */
 	if (insert >= 1) {
 		ret = btrfs_insert_orphan_item(trans, root, btrfs_ino(inode));
-		BUG_ON(ret);
+		BUG_ON(ret && ret != -EEXIST);
 	}
 
 	/* insert an orphan item to track subvolume contains orphan files */