diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index a7853a3a5719..604241e6e2c1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1701,7 +1701,10 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * insert the directory item
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_set_inode_index(BTRFS_I(parent_inode), &index);
-	BUG_ON(ret); /* -ENOMEM */
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	/* check if there is a file/dir which has the same name. */
 	dir_item = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(NULL, parent_root, path,