diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index fea978ffadf6..6a60f072c365 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -7283,11 +7283,14 @@ int btrfs_recover_log_trees(struct btrfs_root *log_root_tree)
 
 		wc.replay_dest->log_root = log;
 		ret = btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, wc.replay_dest);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
 			/* The loop needs to continue due to the root refs */
 			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
-		else
+		} else {
 			ret = walk_log_tree(trans, log, &wc);
+			if (ret)
+				btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		}
 
 		if (!ret && wc.stage == LOG_WALK_REPLAY_ALL) {
 			ret = fixup_inode_link_counts(trans, wc.replay_dest,