1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index ad9b8c0e930b..88d3cb2eaf75 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2350,12 +2350,15 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_start_sync(struct file *file, void __user *argp
         struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->root;
         struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
         u64 transid;
+        int ret;
 
         trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
         if (IS_ERR(trans))
                 return PTR_ERR(trans);
         transid = trans->transid;
-        btrfs_commit_transaction_async(trans, root, 0);
+        ret = btrfs_commit_transaction_async(trans, root, 0);
+        if (ret)
+                return ret;
 
         if (argp)
                 if (copy_to_user(argp, &transid, sizeof(transid)))