diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c41637a1ed38..ca4051713633 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3616,6 +3616,8 @@ static int __btrfs_unlink_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					   dir, index);
 	if (ret == -ENOENT)
 		ret = 0;
+	else if (ret)
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 err:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	if (ret)