diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index fcc65802f367..f93a98e65d6c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ err:
 	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
+	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 8abeae4224f9..c86670f4f285 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static noinline int replay_one_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	inode_set_bytes(inode, saved_nbytes);
-	btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 out:
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static noinline int link_to_fixup_dir(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
-		btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+		ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	} else if (ret == -EEXIST) {
 		ret = 0;
 	} else {