1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index c1cd5558a646..eb680b715dd6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -894,6 +894,12 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
         if (fs_info->quota_root)
                 goto out;
 
+        fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!fs_info->qgroup_ulist) {
+                ret = -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
         /*
          * 1 for quota root item
          * 1 for BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS item
@@ -909,13 +915,6 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!fs_info->qgroup_ulist) {
-                ret = -ENOMEM;
-                btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /*
          * initially create the quota tree
          */