diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 179ffb9529d4..b8863537d31d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9416,8 +9416,11 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		goto out_notrans;
 	}
 
-	if (dest != root)
-		btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+	if (dest != root) {
+		ret = btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, dest);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_fail;
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_set_inode_index(BTRFS_I(new_dir), &index);
 	if (ret)