1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8938174e6bc1..6349c63a4b37 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6566,8 +6566,9 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
                         /* Just need the 1 for updating the inode */
                         trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
                         if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-                                err = PTR_ERR(trans);
-                                goto out;
+                                ret = err = PTR_ERR(trans);
+                                trans = NULL;
+                                break;
                         }
                 }