1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index bae5c7b8bbe2..3d73c8d93bbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,11 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction_async(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
         INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ac->work, do_async_commit);
         ac->root = root;
         ac->newtrans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 0);
+        if (IS_ERR(ac->newtrans)) {
+                int err = PTR_ERR(ac->newtrans);
+                kfree(ac);
+                return err;
+        }
 
         /* take transaction reference */
         mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);