1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 5ba87b0d2ef8..d12107e90987 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1859,8 +1859,8 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 
         ret = btrfs_log_dentry_safe(trans, root, dentry);
         if (ret < 0) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                goto out;
+                /* Fallthrough and commit/free transaction. */
+                ret = 1;
         }
 
         /* we've logged all the items and now have a consistent