diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index d35936c934ab..03bc7134e8cb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -4559,6 +4559,7 @@ int btrfs_recover_relocation(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		if (IS_ERR(fs_root)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(fs_root);
 			list_add_tail(&reloc_root->root_list, &reloc_roots);
+			btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 			goto out_unset;
 		}