diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index bb5dec650ea4..5e1763cf6b48 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -594,8 +594,14 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_cow_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		add_root_to_dirty_list(root);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON(trans->transid != btrfs_header_generation(parent));
-		btrfs_tree_mod_log_insert_key(parent, parent_slot,
-					      BTRFS_MOD_LOG_KEY_REPLACE);
+		ret = btrfs_tree_mod_log_insert_key(parent, parent_slot,
+						    BTRFS_MOD_LOG_KEY_REPLACE);
+		if (ret) {
+			btrfs_tree_unlock(cow);
+			free_extent_buffer(cow);
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
 		btrfs_set_node_blockptr(parent, parent_slot,
 					cow->start);
 		btrfs_set_node_ptr_generation(parent, parent_slot,