diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 4d8897879c9c..71d0d14bc18b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -775,8 +775,10 @@ static int __load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	while (num_entries) {
 		e = kmem_cache_zalloc(btrfs_free_space_cachep,
 				      GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!e)
+		if (!e) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto free_cache;
+		}
 
 		ret = io_ctl_read_entry(&io_ctl, e, &type);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -785,6 +787,7 @@ static int __load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 
 		if (!e->bytes) {
+			ret = -1;
 			kmem_cache_free(btrfs_free_space_cachep, e);
 			goto free_cache;
 		}
@@ -805,6 +808,7 @@ static int __load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 			e->bitmap = kmem_cache_zalloc(
 					btrfs_free_space_bitmap_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!e->bitmap) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				kmem_cache_free(
 					btrfs_free_space_cachep, e);
 				goto free_cache;