diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index db2095486a4f..113cd43530ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1800,6 +1800,9 @@ sleep:
 		wake_up_process(root->fs_info->cleaner_kthread);
 		mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->transaction_kthread_mutex);
 
+		if (unlikely(test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR,
+				      &root->fs_info->fs_state)))
+			btrfs_cleanup_transaction(root);
 		if (!try_to_freeze()) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			if (!kthread_should_stop() &&
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 7138d6a3726e..a1343e81c59d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -744,8 +744,10 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
 
 	if (trans->aborted ||
-	    test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
+	    test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state)) {
+		wake_up_process(info->transaction_kthread);
 		err = -EIO;
+	}
 	assert_qgroups_uptodate(trans);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);