diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 029017afaf34..4df0ba100f9d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1673,8 +1673,10 @@ delete_item:
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT)
 		goto out;
 	ret2 = del_qgroup_relation_item(trans, dst, src);
-	if (ret2 < 0 && ret2 != -ENOENT)
+	if (ret2 < 0 && ret2 != -ENOENT) {
+		ret = ret2;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* At least one deletion succeeded, return 0 */
 	if (!ret || !ret2)