diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 72c4b66ed516..c1353b84ae54 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -6280,8 +6280,13 @@ int btrfs_recover_log_trees(struct btrfs_root *log_root_tree)
 		}
 
 		wc.replay_dest->log_root = log;
-		btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, wc.replay_dest);
-		ret = walk_log_tree(trans, log, &wc);
+		ret = btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, wc.replay_dest);
+		if (ret)
+			/* The loop needs to continue due to the root refs */
+			btrfs_handle_fs_error(fs_info, ret,
+				"failed to record the log root in transaction");
+		else
+			ret = walk_log_tree(trans, log, &wc);
 
 		if (!ret && wc.stage == LOG_WALK_REPLAY_ALL) {
 			ret = fixup_inode_link_counts(trans, wc.replay_dest,