diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index da8d2f696ac5..fd67b34e220d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2129,7 +2129,8 @@ static noinline bool record_extent_backrefs(struct btrfs_path *path,
 						  old->extent_offset, fs_info,
 						  path, record_one_backref,
 						  old);
-		BUG_ON(ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT);
+		if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT)
+			return false;
 
 		/* no backref to be processed for this extent */
 		if (!old->count) {