diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 41517d14c950..179ffb9529d4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9108,8 +9108,11 @@ static int btrfs_rename_exchange(struct inode *old_dir,
 		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;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to find a free sequence number both in the source and