diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index 66efc70..0b29918 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@
 	}
 
 	xfs_trans_brelse(tp, agbp);
-	xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
+	xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, error ? XFS_BTREE_ERROR : XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index f41b0c3..930ebd8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@
 		 * pending error, then we are done.
 		 */
 del_cursor:
-		xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
+		xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, error ?
+					  XFS_BTREE_ERROR : XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
 		xfs_buf_relse(agbp);
 		if (error)
 			break;