diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 22c80f5a9137..11cda7dd7ee6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -733,10 +733,12 @@ static struct btrfs_root *create_reloc_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct extent_buffer *eb;
 	struct btrfs_root_item *root_item;
 	struct btrfs_key root_key;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+	bool must_abort = false;
 
 	root_item = kmalloc(sizeof(*root_item), GFP_NOFS);
-	BUG_ON(!root_item);
+	if (!root_item)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	root_key.objectid = BTRFS_TREE_RELOC_OBJECTID;
 	root_key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;
@@ -748,7 +750,9 @@ static struct btrfs_root *create_reloc_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		/* called by btrfs_init_reloc_root */
 		ret = btrfs_copy_root(trans, root, root->commit_root, &eb,
 				      BTRFS_TREE_RELOC_OBJECTID);
-		BUG_ON(ret);
+		if (ret)
+			goto fail;
+
 		/*
 		 * Set the last_snapshot field to the generation of the commit
 		 * root - like this ctree.c:btrfs_block_can_be_shared() behaves
@@ -769,9 +773,16 @@ static struct btrfs_root *create_reloc_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 */
 		ret = btrfs_copy_root(trans, root, root->node, &eb,
 				      BTRFS_TREE_RELOC_OBJECTID);
-		BUG_ON(ret);
+		if (ret)
+			goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We have changed references at this point, we must abort the
+	 * transaction if anything fails.
+	 */
+	must_abort = true;
+
 	memcpy(root_item, &root->root_item, sizeof(*root_item));
 	btrfs_set_root_bytenr(root_item, eb->start);
 	btrfs_set_root_level(root_item, btrfs_header_level(eb));
@@ -789,14 +800,25 @@ static struct btrfs_root *create_reloc_root(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	ret = btrfs_insert_root(trans, fs_info->tree_root,
 				&root_key, root_item);
-	BUG_ON(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail;
+
 	kfree(root_item);
 
 	reloc_root = btrfs_read_tree_root(fs_info->tree_root, &root_key);
-	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(reloc_root));
+	if (IS_ERR(reloc_root)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(reloc_root);
+		goto abort;
+	}
 	set_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_SHAREABLE, &reloc_root->state);
 	reloc_root->last_trans = trans->transid;
 	return reloc_root;
+fail:
+	kfree(root_item);
+abort:
+	if (must_abort)
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /*