diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b1d450459f73..b1d9595762ef 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -658,19 +658,22 @@ static noinline int __cow_file_range_inline(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u64 offse
 	struct btrfs_drop_extents_args drop_args = { 0 };
 	struct btrfs_root *root = inode->root;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans = NULL;
 	u64 data_len = (compressed_size ?: size);
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	if (!path)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-		btrfs_free_path(path);
-		return PTR_ERR(trans);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+		trans = NULL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	trans->block_rsv = &inode->block_rsv;
 
@@ -717,7 +720,8 @@ out:
 	 */
 	btrfs_qgroup_free_data(inode, NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+	if (trans)
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 	return ret;
 }