diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e0863de..c966fd6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4918,7 +4918,10 @@ int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						extent_num_bytes, 0,
 						btrfs_header_owner(leaf),
 						ino, extent_offset);
-			BUG_ON(ret);
+			if (ret) {
+				btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+				break;
+			}
 			if (btrfs_should_throttle_delayed_refs(trans, fs_info))
 				btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(fs_info,
 					trans->delayed_ref_updates * 2,