diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index dbc115a25798..1b85cf503aec 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9198,9 +9198,8 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(block_group, tmp, &trans->new_bgs, bg_list) {
-		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
 		if (ret)
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 		memcpy(&item, &block_group->item, sizeof(item));
@@ -9215,6 +9214,8 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					       key.objectid, key.offset);
 		if (ret)
 			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, extent_root, ret);
+next:
+		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 391ec4418460..60f7cbe815e9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void __btrfs_abort_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	trans->aborted = errno;
 	/* Nothing used. The other threads that have joined this
 	 * transaction may be able to continue. */
-	if (!trans->blocks_used) {
+	if (!trans->blocks_used && list_empty(&trans->new_bgs)) {
 		const char *errstr;
 
 		errstr = btrfs_decode_error(errno);