diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a80b97100d90..15116585e714 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3139,9 +3139,11 @@ static int write_one_cache_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, extent_root, &cache->key, path, 0, 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret > 0)
+			ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto fail;
-	BUG_ON(ret); /* Corruption */
+	}
 
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	bi = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, path->slots[0]);
@@ -3149,11 +3151,9 @@ static int write_one_cache_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 fail:
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret)
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 
 }