diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 05f8df866e4c..89d5db7eb452 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3163,8 +3163,9 @@ static int btrfs_clone(struct inode *src, struct inode *inode,
 							 new_key.offset + datal,
 							 1);
 				if (ret) {
-					btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root,
-								ret);
+					if (ret != -EINVAL)
+						btrfs_abort_transaction(trans,
+							root, ret);
 					btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 					goto out;
 				}