diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 4f92aa15d9b1..165d2ee500ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1796,6 +1796,8 @@ static noinline int link_to_fixup_dir(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		else
 			inc_nlink(vfs_inode);
 		ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, inode);
+		if (ret)
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 	} else if (ret == -EEXIST) {
 		ret = 0;
 	}