diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 0548072c642fb0dfccb5568ef8b6394b063f0041..aa03db69a0164c03f779ca806e27ac9a0154f5b3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -278,8 +278,10 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	cur_trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
 	if (cur_trans) {
 		if (TRANS_ABORTED(cur_trans)) {
+			const int abort_error = cur_trans->aborted;
+
 			spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
-			return cur_trans->aborted;
+			return abort_error;
 		}
 		if (btrfs_blocked_trans_types[cur_trans->state] & type) {
 			spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);