diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 6c97610e90bf..388eee966a7a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4545,7 +4545,8 @@ static long _btrfs_ioctl_set_received_subvol(struct file *file,
 
 	ret = btrfs_update_root(trans, fs_info->tree_root,
 				&root->root_key, &root->root_item);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 		goto out;
 	}