diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index be8eae80ff65..f85ccf634ca1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ void btrfs_put_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction)
 			list_del_init(&em->list);
 			free_extent_map(em);
 		}
+		/*
+		 * If any block groups are found in ->deleted_bgs then it's
+		 * because the transaction was aborted and a commit did not
+		 * happen (things failed before writing the new superblock
+		 * and calling btrfs_finish_extent_commit()), so we can not
+		 * discard the physical locations of the block groups.
+		 */
+		while (!list_empty(&transaction->deleted_bgs)) {
+			struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
+
+			cache = list_first_entry(&transaction->deleted_bgs,
+						 struct btrfs_block_group_cache,
+						 bg_list);
+			list_del_init(&cache->bg_list);
+			btrfs_put_block_group_trimming(cache);
+			btrfs_put_block_group(cache);
+		}
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_transaction_cachep, transaction);
 	}
 }