diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 1dc4ebba04f5..c8deab7fe253 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -896,7 +896,9 @@ static int btrfs_delete_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			goto delete_fail;
 	}
 
-	btrfs_batch_delete_items(trans, root, path, curr);
+	ret = btrfs_batch_delete_items(trans, root, path, curr);
+	if (ret)
+		goto delete_fail;
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
 	goto do_again;