diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 784d41e95ed9..16e46ee3cd16 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9220,6 +9220,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_del_root(trans, fs_info, &root->root_key);
 	if (ret) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		err = ret;
 		goto out_end_trans;
 	}