diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index 2de1d8247494..cbea4f572155 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -602,7 +602,9 @@ blk_status_t btrfs_csum_one_bio(struct btrfs_inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 				sums = kvzalloc(btrfs_ordered_sum_size(fs_info,
 						      bytes_left), GFP_KERNEL);
 				memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
-				BUG_ON(!sums); /* -ENOMEM */
+				if (!sums)
+					return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+
 				sums->len = bytes_left;
 				ordered = btrfs_lookup_ordered_extent(inode,
 								offset);