1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 465b5d7d6b48..4edcbe915736 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -3709,7 +3709,8 @@ int btrfs_insert_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
         unsigned long ptr;
 
         path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-        BUG_ON(!path);
+        if (!path)
+                return -ENOMEM;
         ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, cpu_key, data_size);
         if (!ret) {
                 leaf = path->nodes[0];