diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 9521cb45433f567a000d8792cf256bdf0f397673..4237e06fea5d6b4a1ad5633647a35f032c644a7e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5228,7 +5228,10 @@ static noinline int walk_up_proc(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				ret = btrfs_dec_ref(trans, root, eb, 1);
 			else
 				ret = btrfs_dec_ref(trans, root, eb, 0);
-			BUG_ON(ret); /* -ENOMEM */
+			if (ret) {
+				btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+				return ret;
+			}
 			if (is_fstree(root->root_key.objectid)) {
 				ret = btrfs_qgroup_trace_leaf_items(trans, eb);
 				if (ret) {